“老鼠仓”案汇丰交易员被判有罪

The former HSBC banker on trial in a landmark “front-running” case has been found guilty of defrauding Cairn Energy over a $3.5bn currency deal.

在地标性的“老鼠仓”(front running)案中受审的汇丰(HSBC)前银行家被裁定在一笔35亿美元的外汇交易中欺诈凯恩能源(Cairn Energy)。

Mark Johnson, who was the bank’s head of global cash foreign exchange trading, was found guilty on nine counts, according to a spokesman for the US attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York. He was found not guilty on one other count.

据美国纽约东区检察官办公室发言人称，时任汇丰全球现金外汇交易主管的马克•约翰逊(Mark Johnson)被判9项罪名成立。他在另一项罪名上被判无罪。

The decision came after just two-and-a-half days of deliberation by the jury in the giant Brooklyn courthouse, 20 miles from where Johnson was first arrested at the John F Kennedy Airport.

这一判决出炉之前，布鲁克林法院的陪审团进行了两天半的讨论，这里距离约翰逊首次在约翰肯尼迪机场(John F Kennedy Airport)被捕的地点有20英里。

The verdict is a boon to the US Department of Justice, which is seeking the extradition from the UK of Johnson’s former colleague and alleged co-conspirator, Stuart Scott. 这项裁决对美国司法部(DoJ)有利，该部正寻求从英国引渡约翰逊的前同事、被控与他同谋的斯图尔特•斯科特(Stuart Scott)。

US authorities had accused Johnson of exploiting confidential information from Cairn, the UK oil and gas company, which hired HSBC to convert the proceeds of an asset sale from dollars to sterling.

美国当局之前指控约翰逊利用来自凯恩这家英国油气公司的保密信息;凯恩聘请汇丰将一笔资产出售的美元所得兑换成英镑。

They said he orchestrated a scheme to deal for HSBC before trading on behalf of the client, tipping off colleagues through code phrases such as “my watch is off” and netting an illicit $6m profit.

他们表示，他在代表客户交易之前策划了一个让汇丰牟利的计谋，通过“我的手表坏了”等暗语向同事通风报信，获得600万美元非法利润。

Jurors were repeatedly played an taped excerpt in which Johnson learned of Cairn’s decision to press ahead with the trade despite a rising price. “Ohhh, f***ing Christmas,” he said. The defendant also discussed how high the pound might go before Cairn would “squeal”.

陪审员多次听取一则录音片段，在录音中，约翰逊了解到凯恩决定继续交易，尽管英镑汇率上涨。他说道：“哦，这TMD像是圣诞节。”这名被告还讨论了英镑汇率升至什么水平会让凯恩“起疑”。