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Barclays

Financial Securities 

Barclays Trading

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 BRIEF
Barclays, Class Action, investors

A federal judge advanced investor claims that Barclays provided services to high-frequency trading firms in a way that allowed actionable market manipulation.

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Business Criminal Financial Government International 

UK Authority Fines Barclays CEO in Whistleblower Affair

May 11, 2018May 15, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
banks, Barclays, Whistleblower

British regulators have fined Barclays CEO Jes Staley 642,430 pounds ($871,976) for his attempt to identify a whistleblower.

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Criminal Financial 

Feds Accuse Ex-Barclays Banker of Front-Running Hewlett-Packard

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 BARBARA LEONARD
banks, Barclays, California, conspiracy, Fraud, Hewlett Packard, mergers & acquisitions, New York, San Jose, United Kingdom

A Barclays Capital banker will appear before a federal judge Wednesday on charges that he orchestrated a self-serving options trade for Hewlett-Packard that cost the company millions.

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Appeals Financial Securities 

Second Circuit OKs Investor Class Action Over Barclays’ Dark Pools

November 15, 2017November 16, 2017 LORRAINE BAILEY
banking, Barclays, Second Circuit, Shareholder Class Action, slr1

Investors may sue Barclays as a class on allegations that the bank failed to provide promised protections against high-frequency traders on its dark pool exchanges, causing its share price to fall over seven percent when the truth came out, the Second Circuit ruled.

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Business Consumers Criminal Financial Government International 

Barclays, Execs in UK Court Over Fraud Allegations

July 3, 2017July 3, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Barclays, Fraud, United Kingdom

Barclays and four of its former executives, including the ex-CEO, are appearing in court in Britain on charges of conspiracy to commit fraud connected with efforts to raise funds and avoid a bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.

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Consumers 

Barclays Bank

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 ROBERT KAHN
bankruptcy, banks, Barclays, Class Action, credit report

A federal class action claims Barclays Bank “willfully and systematically report(s) negative and inaccurate information on consumers’ credit report,” specifically, debts that have been discharged in bankruptcy.

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Business Government International 

Barclays, Former CEO Charged With Fraud Over Qatar Deal

June 20, 2017June 21, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bailout, banking, Barclays, conspiracy, Inter5, Qatar

British regulators charged Barclays bank and four former executives, including then-CEO John Varley, with conspiracy to commit fraud when they asked Qatar for 6.1 billion ($7.7 billion) to avoid a government bailout at the height of the financial crisis in 2008.

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Business Government International 

Judge Slaps Wells Fargo With $70M Tax Penalty

May 26, 2017 BRANDI BUCHMAN
banking, banks, Barclays, IRS, Taxes, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo’s participation in an abusive tax shelter with the British bank Barclays will cost it 20 percent of the $350 million worth of foreign tax credits it claimed, a federal judge ruled.

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Business Criminal Government National 

Barclays Capital to Refund $97 Million to Overcharged Advisory Clients

May 10, 2017May 10, 2017 DAN MCCUE
Barclays, Securities and Exchange Commission

Barclays Capital has agreed to refund $97 million in overbilled fees and mutual fund sales charges to about 25,000 advisory clients.

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Business National Securities 

In Rare Step, U.S. Sues Barclays Over 2008 Financial Crisis

December 23, 2016May 17, 2017 LORRAINE BAILEY
Barclays, Justice Department, mortgage

Bringing the first lawsuit of its kind, the United States says Barclays Capital repeatedly deceived investors about the risk of tens of billions of dollars of residential-mortgage-backed securities, causing “catastrophic” losses in the 2008 financial crisis.

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