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The unraveling of Tom Hayes, part three: The U-turn

Tom Hayes, charged with rigging Libor, makes the fateful decision to take on the government in the third part of a five-part WSJ series

The unraveling of Tom Hayes, part three: The U-turn
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Tom Hayes came bearing big news when he arrived at his lawyers’ offices in central London in August 2013. He had decided to fight the criminal charges filed against him by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office.

Lydia Jonson, his lawyer at the time, delivered a blunt response.

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