Ex-Barclays bankers cleared over 2008 Qatar fees in blow to UK fraud office
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[LONDON] Three former Barclays executives were unanimously acquitted on Friday of charges they helped funnel 322 million pounds (US$418 million) in secret fees to Qatar in return for rescue financing during the credit crisis.
A jury at London's Old Bailey criminal court cleared Roger Jenkins, Tom Kalaris and Richard Boath of fraud after just five hours of deliberation in what lawyers said was a crushing blow to the UK's taxpayer-funded Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
The men, aged between 61 and 64, had all denied wrongdoing.
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