Barclays board approved ‘sham’ Qatar deal
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An agreement at the centre of fraud charges against ex-Barclays executives was written by the bank’s lawyers and approved by its board, a court heard.
Barclays agreed to pay Qatari investors £42m for advisory services in June 2008 after they demanded more than double the fees paid to…