Mark Johnson’s attorneys point to Isda agreement in appeal

us-justice-shutterstock — Mark Johnson is appealing a two-year sentence for wire fraud and conspiracy

- By Laura Matthews
- 15 Jun 2018

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Lawyers representing convicted former HSBC banker Mark Johnson say the US attorneys’ shifting theory of prosecution and their inability to explain how a bank can execute a fixing transaction legally has left currency traders clueless about the type of trading that can be interpreted as wire fraud.

Johnson’s legal team at law firms Lanklert Siffert & Wohl and Shapiro Arato put forward their concerns in a June 12 filing before the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. On June 19, they will

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