The Serious Fraud Office itself concluded as much.”
A lawyer for Mr. Ashton, David Schertler, said: “We do not believe that Mr. Ashton violated any laws here in the U. S. or in the U. K.
He is willing to voluntarily return to the U. S. and answer and defend the charges in the U. S. courts.”
The criminal case against the three men is one of three cases
that the United States Justice Department has brought against individuals in its investigation.
According to a letter filed in their court case on Monday, the three defendants — Christopher Ashton, a former Barclays trader; Rohan Ramchandani, the former head of G-10 FX spot trading at Citigroup;
and Richard Usher, a former JPMorgan Chase trader — have all agreed to waive extradition and appear next month in the Federal District Court in Manhattan.
Ex-Traders in Britain to Face Currency-Rigging Charges in U. S. -
By CHAD BRAYJUNE 13, 2017
LONDON — Three former traders in Britain have agreed to travel to the United States to face criminal charges
that they were part of a conspiracy to rig foreign currency markets.
In the last three years, some of the world’s biggest banks, including Barclays, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase
and the Royal Bank of Scotland, have agreed to pay billions in civil penalties in the inquiries and some banks have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the United States.
