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By Patrick Graham and Jamie McGeever
LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - British bank HSBC hasdismissed its head of foreign exchange trading for Europe,Middle East and Africa, Stuart Scott, a source with knowledge ofthe decision said on Wednesday.
"He has gone," the source said, adding that the move wasbroadly in the context of a global investigation intomanipulation of currency markets which saw HSBC and five otherbanks fined a total of $4.3 billion last month.
Scott was not reachable at the bank for comment.
Heidi Ashley, spokeswoman for HSBC in London, declined tocomment.
Scott's dismissal, first reported by the Wall Street Journalon Wednesday, follows the departure of two London-based currencytraders at HSBC in October.
They were Serge Sarramegna, who had been the bank's UK headof G10 foreign exchange cash trading, and Edward Pinto, whotraded Scandinavian currencies. Both were fired after beingsuspended in January.
HSBC last month paid $618 million in the FX settlements withBritain's Financial Conduct Authority and U.S. authorities lastmonth - $343 million to the FCA and $275 million to the U.S.authorities.
Sources told Reuters last month that officials from the U.S.Department of Justice will interview current or former employeesat HSBC in London as part of their ongoing investigations. (Reporting by Patrick Graham and Jamie McGeever; editing byJohn Stonestreet)