Libor rigging allegation

INVeSTIGATorS in the uS believed two top executives at French bank Societe Generale ordered their staff to rig libor rates, court documents show.

The department of Justice claimed that former bosses Michel Peretie and didier Valet were responsible for the market-fixing scandal.

A spokesman for Peretie said he is not a target of any uS investigation, and Valet did not comment.

Neither has been charged.