By Daniel Bases
NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Citigroup's head of Europeanspot foreign exchange trading, Rohan Ramchandani, has left theglobal bank, a spokesperson told Reuters on Friday.
"He is no longer with Citi," bank spokeswoman DanielleRomero-Apsilos told Reuters.
Asked if Ramchandani, who has been based in London, had beenfired amid a global investigation into possible manipulation ofcurrency markets, Romero-Apsilos declined further comment.
Sources have said that Ramchandani came under scrutiny in thecurrency market probe.
Ramchandani took leave from the bank in October, a sourcefamiliar with the situation said. At that time, the source saidRamchandani had not been suspended, nor was he accused of anywrongdoing and remained a full-time employee of Citigroup.
Last year, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority began aformal investigation into possible manipulation in the $5.3trillion-a-day-global FX market. The U.S. Justice Department isalso engaged in an active investigation of possible manipulationof the market, the world's largest.
Ramchandani, as of December 2012, was listed among the13-strong member Bank of England Joint Standing Committee'schief dealers group.
The Wall Street Journal earlier on Friday reported thatRamchandani had been fired by the bank.
Citigroup is one of several banks cooperating withregulators in their investigations. Deutsche Bank,UBS, Barclays Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays have all said they were cooperating withregulators scrutinizing the market.