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Christian Bittar has conviction for rigging interest rates quashed

The Guardian Australia (Business) Joanna Partridge
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Former City trader Christian Bittar has become the eighth person to have his conviction for rigging interest rates quashed. Christian Bittar was convicted in 2018 of conspiracy to defraud.

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