The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged Barclays Bank with providing unlawful financial assistance to Qatar Holding, in the latest step in the long-running investigation into how the British bank coped with the 2008 global financial crisis. The latest charges were announced by the SFO on 12 February and relate to a $3bn loan that Barclays Bank plc gave to Qatar Holding between 1 October and 30 November 2008.
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