Tom Hayes, the first trader ever jailed for interest rate rigging, had his conviction overturned by Britain’s top court Wednesday after a years-long fight to clear his name.

Tom Hayes, the first trader ever jailed for interest rate rigging, had his conviction overturned by Britain's top court on Wednesday after a years-long fight to clear his name.

The four convictions came after an investigation from the Serious Fraud Office into whether traders had been manipulating Libor for profit. Libor became the focus of allegations of wrongdoing following the financial crisis in 2008 and has now been discontinued,