Lloyds 屈服するs to 圧力 to review HBOS 詐欺 補償(金) (人命などを)奪う,主張するs

By Andrew MacAskill

LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group is to review the 事例/患者s of British 商売/仕事s which lost out in a 245 million 続けざまに猛撃する ($303 million) 詐欺 for which six people were 刑務所,拘置所d last week.

The 詐欺 伴う/関わるd two former 銀行業者s of HBOS, once Britain's biggest mortgage 貸す人, which was 救助(する)d in a 明言する/公表する-engineered 引き継ぎ/買収 by Lloyds in 2008. They helped siphon off money from struggling 商売/仕事s which were HBOS (弁護士の)依頼人s.

Lloyds, which says it too was a 犠牲者 of the 詐欺, will 任命する a third-party to carry out the review and 顧客 事例/患者s will be looked at afresh after considering 関連した 証拠 and new 詳細(に述べる)s that 現れるd during the 裁判,公判.

Six people, 含むing the former HBOS 銀行業者s, were 設立する 有罪の of a scam 伴う/関わるing fraudulent 貸付金s and sent to 刑務所,拘置所 for a total of 47-and-a-half years.

The 宣告,判決s are の中で the toughest 手渡すd out for a high-profile, white collar 詐欺 in Britain in 最近の years.

"The group 深く,強烈に 悔いるs that the 犯罪の 活動/戦闘s have 原因(となる)d such 苦しめる for a number of HBOS 商売/仕事 顧客s," Lloyds said in a 声明 on Tuesday.

Lloyds has been under 圧力 to 補償する 犠牲者s of the 詐欺, who 主張する it 反応するd too slowly to their (民事の)告訴s.

Members of Britain's 議会 wrote to Lloyds on Monday calling for them to 適切に 是正する hundreds of 商売/仕事s who were duped by the former HBOS 経営者/支配人s.

George Kerevan, 議長,司会を務める of the All-Party 議会の 委員会 on Fair 商売/仕事 Banking, wrote in the letter that the (民事の)告訴s were raised with HBOS 管理/経営 in 2007, and then with Lloyds after it bought HBOS in 2008.

"In both instances, there was an 内部の 失敗 to adequately 調査/捜査する these (民事の)告訴s," the letter said.

The corrupt 銀行業者s asked struggling 商売/仕事 owners to 雇う a turnaround consultancy as a 条件 for getting a 貸付金 and they were 強いるd to 支払う/賃金 the consultancy high 料金s for services and, in some 事例/患者s, を引き渡す 所有権.

Many of the 商売/仕事s 伴う/関わるd went into liquidation, resulting in 職業 losses and 財政上の hardship. ($1 = 0.8088 続けざまに猛撃するs)

(Editing by Lawrence White and Alexander Smith)

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