Barclays Ex-CEO stall claimed to never introduce family to a pedophile

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Jess Stlylya, former Barclays executive director who struggles to clear his name about connections with Jeffrey Epstein, once protested to his senior colleague that he would never introduce his family to a convicted pedophile.

Sasha Wiggins, who was the Chief of Staff of Stlylya at the British Bank, and now heads the private bank and the richness management of Barclays, said the tribunal on Wednesday that Stely once asked: “Why did I introduce Mr. Epstein’s wife and daughters when I thought he was a pedophile?”

In her supporting statement, Witness Wiggins stated that when she accompanied the stele on a trip to her college alma -Matter Bowduin in 2019 – where he tried to assure the Board of Trustees on the occasion of Epstein – she did not know that Epstein was invited.

Her evidence appeared on the third day of the trial when the stele tries to lift the ban and a fine in the financial behavior. The UK’s regulator claims he Removed his relationship with Epsteinwhich was found dead in a prison cell in 2019. The supervisor does not claim that the stele was aware of Epstein’s crime.

Former boss Barclays claims to be no inaccurate. The stele headed the bank in December 2015 to November 2021.

A loud case referred to powerful facesFrom Prince of UK Andrew to former US Treasury Minister Lawrence Sammers and Lord Peter Mandelson, a new UK ambassador to the US.

The FCA reported the tribunal that they would take more “urgent” actions if it were not for Barclays to ensure the assurance that Stelly and Epstein had no “close” relationships.

Jonathan Davidson, a former senior FCA official, told The Tribunal Earlier on Wednesday that he ordered Barclays more carefully investigating the stele on Epstein – and potentially take action – if the bank said that the couple was close.

A few days after Epstein’s death, FCA asked Barclays Nigel Higgins, what steps were needed to keep the stele not involved in the alleged trafficking in human beings and abuse of dozens of teenage girls.

Higgins sent a FCA letter stating that Stely confirmed that “he had no close relationship” with Epstein, and “in no case he saw something that suggested or discovered any aspect of behavior that was the subject of the last charges.”

FCA lawyers led by Lee-Anne Molkhai Criminal Code claim that the bank’s statements were inaccurate, referring to the fact that he was transferred to the former employer of the stele Jpmorgan, who, according to the watchman, showed that his attitude towards Epstin was close, including several trips of a banker Caribbean Island.

“If I received the answer that” yes, there were close relationships, but we were sure that there was nothing in this, “it would be urgency to find out faster than to accept Mr. Stelia’s attestation, that he witnessed nothing and there was no absurdity,” Davidson said.

The Legal Team of the stele led by Robert Smith the Criminal Code, argueThe real purpose of Barclays’s letter to the caretaker was not to present comprehensive information about the couple’s relationship, but simply to assure the FCA that neither the stele nor the Barclays knew and did not participate in Epstein’s criminal behavior.

The tribunal heard earlier this week that Stely created the “clear impression” of Barclays “Barclays” by Stephen Dagerti – after the Financial Times reported in October 2015 about its role in Barclays. Dagerti told in the tribunal that Barclays relied on this impression when he talked the mail on Sunday when the newspaper was preparing an article about the connections between them.

In fact, the tribunal heard, the stele at the time maintained a connection with Epstein to discuss his potential appointment as the chapter and related requests in the press.