ICAP Fined $87 Million for Libor Fixing Scandal

U.S. and British authorities on Wednesday fined ICAP, the world’s biggest interdealer broker, $87 million and criminally charged three former employees for their role in the Libor benchmark rate rigging scandal.

The scandal, which has laid bare the failings of regulators and bank bosses, has triggered a sprawling global investigation that has already seen three banks fined $2.6 billion, four individuals charged, scores of institutions and traders grilled and a spate of lawsuits launched.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) charged New Zealand resident Darrell Read alongside Daniel Wilkinson and Colin Goodman, both from England, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of wire fraud in a criminal complaint.

Simultaneously, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ordered ICAP’s ICAP Europe Ltd unit (IEL) to pay $65 million and 14 million pounds ($22 million), respectively, to settle allegations of wrongdoing.

via CNBC

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