London court quashes rate-rigging conviction of ex-Deutsche Bank trader Bittar

LONDON: Christian Bittar, a former star Deutsche Bank trader jailed in Britain for conspiring to rig benchmark interest rates, won an appeal to clear his name on Friday in a fresh blow to the Serious Fraud Office prosecutor. Bittar was sentenced to five years and four months after pleading guilty in 2018 to rigging Euribor, the Euro interbank offered rate,...