Panel Declines To Rehear Appeal Of FX Trader's Wire Fraud Conviction

Mealey's (September 17, 2020, 1:42 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In a one-page order, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 16 denied a motion filed by a former HSBC Bank PLC foreign currency (FX) executive who was convicted on charges of wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy in connection with his involvement in a fraudulent FX trading scheme to file a late petition for panel rehearing in light of a recently filed Second Circuit ruling that the executive argued supported overturning his conviction based on a faulty jury instruction (United States v. Mark Johnson, No. 18-1503, 2nd Cir.)....