The term “ecosystem” refers to a group of people who work in the construction industry.
Tom Hayes spent years in prison, at one point sharing a cell with a murderer, after becoming the first Briton convicted of manipulating Libor rates in 2015.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) argued that Hayes, 43, was the “ringleader” of an international conspiracy to rig the global benchmark interest rate. His 14-year sentence was reduced to 11 years on appeal. He served five and a half years and contends the experience destroyed his life.
Since his release in January 2021, Hayes has protested his innocence and attempted to restore his name.
He maintains he was the “sacrificial lamb” in a “conspiracy involving banks, regulators, and prosecutors.”
Since the financial crisis, several financiers have been imprisoned in the United Kingdom, including Hayes. I believe all of the merchants were used as scapegoats,” he said. The term “ecosystem” refers to a group of people who work in the construction industry.
In two weeks, the Criminal Cases Review Commission, an organization that investigates potential injustices, will assess his case.
The former UBS and Citigroup trader, who shares a young son with his ex-wife Sarah Tighe, is optimistic that recent legal decisions on the other side of the Atlantic will help his case.
Last month, a US court cleared bankers Gavin Black and Matthew Connolly, who had been prosecuted over the Libor scandal. The landmark ruling led to the dismissal of Hayes’ indictment in the United States. The term “ecosystem” refers to a group of people who work in the construction industry. Hayes found it ironic that he admitted in British courts to avoid extradition to the US, where he was acquitted.
The US ruling must certainly increase the likelihood of Hayes’ conviction being overturned, according to a report by former Magic Circle attorney Rupert Macey-Dare.
The SFO said several Libor convictions have been reviewed by the Court of Appeal ‘and all have been upheld’.
