But even as he announced
the end of the criminal probe, Vance offered a harsh rebuke to de Blasio's fundraising efforts during the 2014 state Senate races, when he skirted around caps on donations to individual candidates by funneling money through Democratic counties.
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.