Ex-Barclays Trader ‘Freaked Out’ by 2009 Libor Interviews
- Ryan Reich thought ‘this is not good’ when called to lawyers
- Reich says he will fight Libor charges ‘to my deathbed’
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An ex-Barclays Plc trader on trial for conspiring to rig Libor said he was "freaked out" by an internal interview in 2009 despite reassurances from his bosses that there was nothing wrong with influencing the rates submitted by colleagues.
Ryan Reich was "tapped" on the shoulder by Harry Harrison, a senior executive, in October 2009 and was taken to a floor he had "never been to before" for an interview with the bank’s lawyers. “I had spoken to Harrison four or five times in my life, so I thought that this is not good," Reich said Thursday.