Cleared Barclays traders should receive interest payments, say UK judges
By Martin Coyle ( November 13, 2026, 17:14 GMT | Insight) -- Five former Barclays traders whose convictions for rigging key benchmark rate mechanisms were quashed should be paid interest from the confiscation and costs orders that were imposed on them, UK appeal court judges have said. The judges said it would be fair for the Serious Fraud Office, which prosecuted the cases, and the UK court system to repay the men.Five former Barclays traders whose convictions for rigging key benchmark rate mechanisms were quashed should also be paid interest on the confiscation and costs orders that were imposed on them, UK appeal court judges said Friday....
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