Jes Staley twice attempted to use Barclay’s internal security team to track down the authors of two anonymous letters. Barclays boss investigated over attempts to unmask whistleblower - live Read moreThe bank said that an internal investigation led by law firm Simmons & Simmons had concluded that Staley acted “honestly but mistakenly”. The whistleblowing saga began in June 2016 when the board of Barclays received an anonymous letter and a senior executive received a second letter. The senior employee is understood to be Tim Main, the chairman of the Barclay’s financial institutions group, who had worked with Staley at JP Morgan. He said: “I have apologised to the Barclays board, and accepted its conclusion that my personal actions in this matter were errors on my part.

Source: The Guardian April 10, 2017 09:06 UTC