{
  "id": 13138893,
  "title": "Ex-Deutsche Bank trader jailed for rigging rates has conviction overturned",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/ex-deutsche-bank-trader-jailed-for-rigging-rates-has-conviction",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T14:36:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Business",
    "slug": "bbc-business",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqgkvj10k6lno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Deutsche Bank trader Christian Bittar's conviction for rigging benchmark interest rates was overturned by the Court of Appeal, marking the end of a lengthy legal battle. Bittar, who served a prison sentence in 2018, had been accused of manipulating the Euribor rate during a period of financial turmoil following the global financial crisis in 2008. The case brought attention to the wider issue of interest rate manipulation during the financial crisis, with 19 traders being convicted across the UK and US. Despite this, Bittar remains the only individual convicted in the world for this specific crime. The quashing of his conviction has sparked calls for greater transparency and accountability, with lawyers and politicians pushing for the Bank of England and the Treasury to release records of their own involvement in interest rate rigging during the same period.",
  "summary": "The Court of Appeal quashes the conviction of Christian Bittar, a former Deutsche Bank trader jailed in 2018.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}