British lawmakers criticize ex-Barclays CEO

Published August 18, 2012 3:11pm ET



LONDON (AP) — Former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond offered a “highly selective” account to a parliamentary hearing on the banking rate-fixing scandal, British lawmakers said Saturday in a highly critical report.

In its report regarding manipulation of a key inter-bank interest rate, Parliament’s Treasury committee demanded sweeping changes to regulation of the banking industry, calling for authorities to get wider powers to prosecute offenders.

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