About this episode

This episode explores the rise and fall of Tom Hayes, the former City trader at the centre of the LIBOR scandal.

Behind the polished world of high finance was a trader accused of helping manipulate one of the world’s most important interest rates. This episode explores the rise and fall of Tom Hayes, the former City trader at the centre of the LIBOR scandal, examining the culture of banking, the pursuit of profit, and the global investigation that followed. Was Hayes a rogue operator, or a scapegoat for a broken financial system? I will be back with a new episode of the UK True Crime Podcast on Tuesday, please join me. Watch my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@Adam-uktruecrime/videos Get All The News First - Subscribe To My Newsletter https://uktruecrime.com Join UK True Crime Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Adam

Topics covered

• finance
• scandal
• banking culture
• profit pursuit
• investigation
• LIBOR scandal

Keywords

• Tom Hayes
• LIBOR scandal
• banking
• finance
• interest rates
• trader
• investigation

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Organizations: LIBOR, Acast, YouTube Channel, UK True Crime, Facebook Group

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