Libor case sees 3 ex-Barclays employees charged
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has confirmed that three former Barclays employees have been charged in the UK in connection with the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor).
The SFO’s named the individuals as Peter Charles Johnson, Jonathan James Mathew and Stylianos Contogoulas. It’s alleged they conspired to defraud between 1 June 2005 and 31 August 2007.
The Libor case was accepted for investigation by the SFO in the summer of 2012.
Last year, it brought charges against trader Tom Hayes, and brokers Terry Farr and James Gilmour.