The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is pressing ahead in an effort﻿ to retrieve legal documents as part of its ongoing investigation of Barclays with regard to how it raised £7bn in rescue funds during the 2008 financial crisis. In a letter sent on Friday to Barclays’ chief executive, Bob Diamond, and chairman Marcus Agius, the SFO said that “further information will be provided when we have received it.”
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is pressing ahead in an effort﻿ to retrieve legal documents as part of its ongoing investigation of Barclays with regard to how it raised £7bn in rescue funds during the 2008 financial crisis. The bank continues to contest the allegations whilst admitting in 2013 that it was ﻿fighting a £50m fine from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).