Three former Barclays execs acquitted of fraud charges
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2020-02-28T17:52:00
The Serious Fraud Office suffered another major setback in the U.K.’s first trial against bank executives for misconduct during the 2008 financial crisis, after three former executives of Barclays were acquitted of fraud charges.
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