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LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Barclays Plc has agreedto hand internal documents over to British prosecutors,potentially ending a drawn-out investigation into a 2008fundraising involving Middle Eastern investors, Bloombergreported on Thursday.
Barclays has been under investigation since 2012 byregulators including Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) overtwo emergency cash injections made mostly by Qatari investorsduring the 2007-9 financial crisis.
The bank is currently in the process of handing over to theSFO communication documents from the fundraising that it hadpreviously said contained legal advice protected byattorney-client privilege, Bloomberg said, citing four peoplewith knowledge of the matter.
Barclays and the SFO both declined to comment when contactedby Reuters.
The 12 billion pounds ($17.6 billion) Barclays received in2008 saved the bank from the state bailouts rivals RBS and Lloyds had to accept.
($1 = 0.6832 pounds) (Reporting by Richa Naidu and Rachel Armstrong; Editing by MarkPotter)
