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Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

Former Barclays PLC derivatives trader Stylianos Contogoulas was found not guilty by a London jury on Thursday of dishonestly rigging a key global interest rate benchmark to boost his profits, in a result that deals a major blow to the Serious Fraud Office. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

U.K. prosecutors on Monday reportedly asked to delay their third trial over alleged Libor manipulation, saying Barclays PLC provided more information they might need to review. Law360: acquitted

A London jury on Wednesday acquitted five former brokers of plotting with convicted former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes to manipulate Libor, the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office said. Law360: acquitted

The acquittal Wednesday of five brokers accused of plotting with a former bank trader convicted of manipulating Libor is a setback for the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office, but the watchdog is unlikely to abandon its aggressive prosecution strategy for rate-rigging schemes. Law360: acquitted

A London jury on Thursday acquitted the sixth defendant accused by U.K. authorities of rigging a key benchmark interest rate, dealing a final blow to prosecutors who saw the other five defendants acquitted just a day earlier, according to media reports. Law360: acquitted

A London jury’s decision Wednesday to acquit five former brokers on charges of plotting with a convicted former UBS and Citigroup trader to manipulate Libor marks a major defeat for prosecutors who had been riding a wave of convictions in connection with the scandal. Here, Law360 takes a look at the current status of Libor scandal-related criminal cases in the ...