Ex-Barclays Bank boss gets ban, fine over misleading Jeffrey Epstein statements
Britain's financial regulator said on Thursday that former Barclays Bank chief executive Jes Staley has been fined and banned from holding senior financial roles in the U.K. for misleading it over the nature of his relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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![Barclays CEO Jes Staley participates in the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit at Union West on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in New York. The chief executive of Barclays bank has stepped down follow what that bank’s board described as a “disappointing? report by the U.K.’s Financial Conduct authority into his past links with the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A man a dark suit and white shirt speaks at a financial summit.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6232458.1697117685!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/britain-barclays.jpg)
Britain's financial regulator said on Thursday that former Barclays Bank chief executive Jes Staley has been fined and banned from holding senior financial roles in the U.K. for misleading it over the nature of his relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.