A former Barclays boss described Jeffrey Epstein as like “family” and one of his “most cherished” friends in emails, a tribunal has heard, as he insists he did not mislead the Financial Conduct Authority over his relationship with the paedophile financier.
Jes Staley was fined more than £1.8 million and banned from holding senior roles in the financial sector by the watchdog in 2023 after it found he misled the regulator over the nature of his relationship with the disgraced businessman.
