March 20, 2008 | HBOS: Malicious traders in the City try to topple the Halifax bank
Stock market manipulators yesterday tried to bring down one of Britain’s biggest banks by spreading false rumours through the City.
The Bank of England was forced to issue an unprecedented denial that HBOS was in trouble.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said that it would pursue traders guilty of “market abuse” by spreading untrue claims that banks were on the brink of collapse.
The authorities believe that the fear and uncertainty in financial markets are allowing unscrupulous traders to make multimillion-pound profits by whipping up hysteria about the stability of big banks. ...
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