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This document, identified as part of a House Oversight collection, describes an incident where Barclays CEO Jes Staley was targeted by a prank email. After a contentious shareholders' meeting on a Wednesday, Staley received an email from an imposter posing as Barclays' chairman, John McFarlane, which belittled a critical shareholder and offered false support. The incident highlights a period of scrutiny for the 'embattled' chief executive.

This document, labeled as an exhibit for a House Oversight committee, describes a prank email sent to Barclays CEO Jes Staley. The email, sent on a Wednesday evening from a fake Gmail account, impersonated Barclays' chairman John McFarlane and had the subject line "The fool doth think he is wise." The message mocked a shareholder who had called for Staley's resignation earlier that day and falsely reassured Staley his position was secure.

This document describes an incident where Jes Staley, the CEO of Barclays, received a prank email on a Wednesday evening after a contentious shareholders' meeting. The email, which Staley believed was from his chairman John McFarlane, had the subject line “The fool doth think he is wise” and was actually sent by a prankster using a Gmail account to impersonate McFarlane.