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Tom Hayes: Court overturns ex-Citi trader criminal conviction for interest rate rigging

Tom Hayes: Court overturns ex-Citi trader criminal conviction for interest rate rigging

London Reuters  —  Tom Hayes, the first trader ever jailed for interest rate rigging, had his conviction overturned by Britain’s top court Wednesday after a years-long fight to clear his name. The UK Supreme Court unanimously allowed Hayes’ appeal, overturning his 2015 conviction of eight counts of conspiracy to defraud by manipulating Libor, a now-defunct benchmark interest rate. The court …

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