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Published in TZ Latest News 3 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

LIBOR rigging trader sentenced to 14 years.  

That certainly is not a slap on the wrist
Tom Hayes, former traders at UBS and Citibank was sentenced to 14 year by a judge today for fraudulently rigging the London Interbank Offered Rate or LIBOR rate fixing. The benchmark rate which is used to price many instruments including interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, and loans to corporate and individuals/mortgages. was manipulated to benefit his trading positions.