DOJ charges ex-JPMorgan trader in Forex

Ben Remaly

11 May 2018

Credit: iStock / Ochotnicka

A federal grand jury indicted a former currency trader at a major US bank on Thursday, charging him with a scheme to manipulate a different foreign currency exchange market than his one-time employer has pleaded guilty to rigging.

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Ben Remaly

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