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UK regulator drops probe into ‘Essex Boys’ traders after they offer to pay £1mn to charity

FCA concerned over possible collusion in group that reportedly made hundreds of millions of dollars betting on oil A group of British commodity day traders have offered to donate £1 million ($1.3 million) to charity to close a UK competition probe that looked at whether the sharing of potentially sensitive information distorted markets.
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  • FCA concerned over possible collusion in group that reportedly made hundreds of millions of dollars betting on oil S1
  • A group of British commodity day traders have offered to donate £1 million ($1.3 million) to charity to close a UK competition probe that looked at whether the sharing of potentially sensitive information distorted markets. S2
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