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		</div><p>Barclays and four former top bankers have appeared in court over side deals struck during emergency fundraising at the height of the financial crisis.</p>
<p>The bank, ex-chief executive John Varley, 61, Roger Jenkins, 61, Thomas Kalaris, 61, and Richard Boath, 58, have all been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud over a June 2008 fundraising.</p>
<p>The case marks the first criminal charges to be brought in the UK against a bank and its former executives for activities during the financial crisis.</p>
<p>Boath, of Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, Jenkins, of Malibu, California, Kalaris, of Thurloe Square, London and Varley, of Pembridge Villas, London appeared before a courtroom packed with journalists, at Westminster<br />
Magistrates&#8217; Court on Monday.</p>
<p>Barclays, Varley and Jenkins face the same charge relating to a second fundraising in October 2008, while they have also been charged with providing unlawful financial assistance.</p>
<p>Varley, who was chief executive between 2004 and 2011, headed the bank at the time of the fundraising, while Jenkins is also said to have played a key role in orchestrating the deal.</p>
<p>Kalaris used to lead the bank&#8217;s wealth and investment management division, while Boath was the former European head of financial institutions group at Barclays.</p>
<p>The Serious Fraud Office said the charges relate to the bank&#8217;s emergency fundraising from Qatari investors as the group sought to avoid a government bailout amid the banking sector meltdown.</p>
<p>Bailing all four defendants, senior district judge Emma Arbuthnot ordered Jenkins and Kalaris to pay a security each of £500,000 owing to the former living in the United States and the latter having dual nationality.</p>
<p>Boath and Varley were released on unconditional bail. They are next due to appear at Southwark Crown Court on July 17 at 9.30am.</p>
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