5 banks fined $5.8bn for exchange rate manipulation

Five banks have been fined almost $6 billion after pleading guilty to manipulation of foreign currency markets.

Traders in the US and UK banks formed an exclusive group to benefit from the altered rates.

Nick Harper reports from New York.

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