Ex-HSBC currency chief's motives debated as U.S. fraud trial starts
September 25, 2017 at 13:17 PM EDT
NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A former top HSBC Holdings Plc executive threw his Scottish client "under the bus" by using his knowledge of its large planned currency transaction to do his own trading first, a U.S. prosecutor said on Monday at the start of a closely-watched trial.
