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Lehman says former trader wants to receive $84m bonus...again

Employee was paid bonus by Barclays after it bought Lehman Brothers, but he wants another cheque

A former Lehman Brothers trader’s $84 million bonus was so nice that he wants it twice, according to an official in charge of winding down Lehman’s brokerage business.

Jonathan Hoffman, a 42-year-old global rates trader, was Lehman's third-highest paid rank-and-file employee when the bank collapsed. He was already "fully paid" the bonus by Barclays after the bank bought Lehman, says a lawyer for James W Giddens, the trustee unwinding Lehman's brokerage, in a letter filed Monday with US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan.

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