Three Barclays bankers cleared of fraud over £4bn financial crisis deal with Qatar
4 years, 10 months ago

Three Barclays bankers cleared of fraud over £4bn financial crisis deal with Qatar

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three former Barclays bosses have been cleared of fraud over a £4bn investment deal with Qatar at the height of the banking crisis. Scotsman Roger Jenkins, 64, was said to be Barclays’ “gatekeeper” to the wealthy Middle Eastern state, and in 2008 helped the bank with two large capital raisings to avoid a government bailout. The three bankers had originally been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud alongside former Barclays chief executive John Varley. A spokesperson for PCP said: “The criminal case brought by the SFO against Jenkins, Kalaris and Boath involved different issues, tried before different tribunals, with different parties and different standards of proof.

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