David Prosser's Outlook: Why plea-bargaining powers won't help the FSA to nail the HB

[Legal Beagles]

Any victims of the great HBOS short-selling sting who were expecting justice to be swiftly dispensed must be growing more disappointed by the day. It is now 10 days since the Financial Services Authority promised to hunt down the criminals who targeted the bank, yet dawn raids on the Mayfair haunts of the short-sellers widely thought to be the chief suspects have been conspicuous by their absence.


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