Barclays has faced intense public scrutiny in recent years: from the Serious Fraud Office's investigation into the bank's # 12bn fundraising at the height of the financial crisis, which resulted in criminal charges against the bank and former executives relating to a # 2.3 bn loan Barclays provided to Qatar, a multibillion - dollar legal battle with the US Department of Justice over
allegedly -
fraudulent mortgages and a New York currency
trading probe that ended in a $ 150m settlement.
The U.S. Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) brought two lawsuits against
allegedly fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes yesterday.