British national daily newspaper the Guardian is reporting late this Friday afternoon that the UK's top fraud prosecutor has arrested a former City trader in relation to its criminal investigation into whether individual traders rigged the $5.3tn-a-day FX market. The Serious Fraud Office confirmed that it had arrested a man in Billericay, Essex, today with the help of the City of…
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