Published December 11, 2015
A British prosecutor says a former Citibank and UBS trader motivated by greed served as the ringmaster of the alleged manipulation of a key interest rate, the London Interbank Lending Rate, or Libor.
The charges against trader Tom Hayes, who specialized in products pegged to yen-denominated Libor, relate to the period from August 2006 to September 2010. He is charged with conspiring with employees from other leading institutions.
Prosecutor Mukul Chawla says the 35-year-old Hayes' greed "led to his dishonesty on an enormous scale."
Libor is a key rate that banks use to borrow from each other. Indirectly, the rate affects what people pay when they take out loans, such as a car loan.
Hayes denies all eight charges in the case that opened Tuesday at Southwark Crown Court.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/former-trader-goes-on-trial-in-uk-in-case-of-alleged-manipulation-of-market-interest-rate