Libor操縱案首位罪人被判入獄14年
Tom Hayes, a former star trader at UBS and Citigroup, has been found guilty of eight counts of conspiring to rig Libor, the first conviction in the global scandal over the manipulation of benchmark interest rates.
瑞銀(UBS)及花旗集團(Citigroup)前明星交易員湯姆眠耶斯(Tom Hayes)因合謀操縱倫敦銀行間同業拆借利率(Libor)被判犯有八項罪行，成爲這起全球基準利率操縱醜聞第一個被判有罪的人。
Hayes, a 35-year-old former yen derivatives trader who was described by one investigator in the case as “the Machiavelli of Libor”, was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail.
現年35歲的海耶斯此前是一名日元衍生品交易員，負責該案件的一名調查員曾形容他是“Libor的馬基雅維利(Machiavelli)”。昨日海耶斯被判處14年監禁。
The conviction came three years after a then-record fine against Barclays sparked an international outcry over the rigging of benchmarks and billions of dollars in fines.
這一判決距離當年巴克萊(Barclays)的天價罰款已有三年時間。這起醜聞招致國際上對操縱基準行爲的強烈憤怒和鉅額罰款。
“What this case has shown is the absence of that integrity that ought to characterise banking,” the judge told Hayes in sentencing him on the eight charges he faced. “You were the centre, the hub of the conspiracy, and you involved others.”
法官在根據八項被判成立的罪名對海耶斯量刑時對他說：“本案顯現了誠信的缺乏，而誠信本該是銀行業的特徵。你是這起案件的核心，是這樁陰謀的中樞，而且你牽涉了其他人。”
