Ex-Barclays Trader Johnson Pleaded Guilty to Libor Fixing

  • U.K. court lifts order preventing the reporting of the plea
  • Peter Johnson pleaded guilty at a U.K. hearing in October 2014
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Peter Johnson, a former Barclays Plc trader, pleaded guilty in October 2014 to conspiracy to manipulate Libor, U.K. prosecutors said after lifting a court order in the case.

Prosecutors from the Serious Fraud Office disclosed the 2014 plea at a London trial Wednesday involving five of Johnson’s former colleagues at Barclays.