A
fraud lawsuit against Barclays in the United States has been filed by the New
York attorney general.
The
lawsuit alleges the bank falsified documents and misrepresented benefits it was
offering to big institutional clients, including pension funds.
It
relates to the bank's "dark pool" trading operations, which allow
clients to trade large blocks of shares while keeping prices private.
Barclays
said it was taking the allegations "very seriously".
Shares
in the bank fell more than
