'Pete the Greek,' the banker who told a UBS colleague 'JUST BE CAREFUL DUDE,' won't be prosecuted for fixing interest rates
Koutsogiannis got his nickname because his colleagues could not pronounce his real name. Koutsogiannis' messages to his colleagues came out in the trial of Tom Hayes, the UBS and Citi banker who was sentenced to up to 14 years in prison for his role in fixing the rate. Here's an example of one of Koutsogiannis' messages, according to the FT:
In a chat from April 2008, Mr Koutsogiannis requested "low fixing pls." Then in June 2009, he wrote to another colleague: "JUST BE CAREFUL DUDE." The colleague responded: "i agree we shouldn't be talking about putting fixings for our positions in public chat."
Hayes communicated directly with Koutsogiannis by email, according to Bloomberg:
"Hi mate, we have a big 1m fixing position over the next month," Hayes wrote in a July 1, 2008, e-mail shown to the jury by prosecutors Friday. "My question is can I use some balance sheet in the market for 1m? We really need to get the fixing down." The move would "save the bank about 1m USD," he added.
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