Even the Bank of England has suspended an official as it looks into its role in the administration of sterling fixings. The Libor scandal, meanwhile, keeps claiming more victims. Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LYG), which has already been fined some $350 million for its role in the Libor scandal, said Monday it had fired eight employees implicated in manipulating rates, clawing back some $4.8 million in bonuses. Lloyds didn't name the people dismissed, and a spokesman declined to say how far up the bank's hierarchy the measures had gone. All the employees affected still have the right to appeal. Meanwhile, across the channel, BNP Paribs (BNPQY) announced at the weekend that Jean Lemierre, formerly president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, would succeed Baudoin Prot as chairman. Prot had announced he would stand down earlier last week, in the wake of a $9 billion fine from U.S. regulators for helping Iran, Sudan and others to get round U.S. sanctions over a course of years.