LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The Bank of England has fired itschief foreign exchange dealer after it found information aboutserious misconduct, but said the dismissal was unrelated to aforeign exchange scandal.
"This information related to the Bank's internal policies,not to FX," a BoE spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
The BoE suspended its chief dealer in March as it lookedinto what Bank officials might have known about allegedmanipulation of key currency rates by foreign exchange traders.He was fired on Tuesday.
The BoE said earlier on Wednesday that a review commissionedby the BoE's oversight committee found no evidence that any Bankofficial had been involved in unlawful or improper behaviour inrelation to the foreign exchange trading scandal.[IDn:L6N0T14X6]
Regulators in Britain and the United States have announcedfines for five major banks for their role in the case. (Writing by William Schomberg, editing by John Stonestreet)