trying to reach europe through the mediterranean sea, so critics are saying that the eu simply does not have answers or a strategy to deal with a big problem that is not going away anytime soon. a former barclays trader who blew the whistle on a fraud which he says was ordered from the top of the financial system has spoken publicly for the first time. peterjohnson, who was later jailed in the scandal, confirmed that he d sought to alert central banks to interest rate manipulation, only to be instructed against his wishes to take part in it. evidence uncovered by the bbc indicates pressure on him to lie about interest rates came from the bank of england and uk government something the government s denied. andy verity has this exclusive report. for petejohnson, the last 16 years are filled with painful memories.
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from the bank of england and uk government something the government s denied. andy verity has this exclusive report. for petejohnson, the last 16 years are filled with painful memories. i think the hardest day of my life, i had to go and tell my father. i burst into tears. i felt i d sort of let him down. a former barclays trader, he blew the whistle on a huge scandal during the financial crisis where banks were lying, understating the interest rates they pay to borrow cash on instructions from top managers. they call it lowballing, and banks later paid billions of dollars in fines for it. in a recorded phone call in october
i think the hardest day of my life, i had to go and tell my father. i burst into tears. i felt i d sort of let him down. a former barclays trader, he blew the whistle on a huge scandal during the financial crisis where banks were lying, understating the interest rates they pay to borrow cash on instructions from top managers. they call it lowballing, and banks later paid billions of dollars in fines for it. in a recorded phone call in october 2008, he told the us central bank all about it. audio: three months libors have come in at 3.53. - so yesterday s is much lower than yesterday s. but please don t believe that, it s absolute rubbish.