Editing Brink's-Mat robbery (section)

==Collapse of Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd==
On 30 September 1984, less than a year after the Brink's-Mat robbery, the banking and gold-trading arm of [[Johnson Matthey]] (Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd) collapsed and was taken over by the [[Bank of England]] to protect the integrity of the London gold markets. Losses amounted to over US$300 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Announce New Banking Controls after Johnson Matthey Collapse |url=https://apnews.com/50dae32c9fb474b9eb97cd35cf47a810 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070556/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1985/Announce-New-Banking-Controls-after-Johnson-Matthey-Collapse/id-50dae32c9fb474b9eb97cd35cf47a810 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=15 December 2012 |website=apnewsarchive.com}}</ref> The bank had made very large loans to fraudsters and insolvent businesses over several years, and had serious and unexplained gaps in its records.<ref>{{cite hansard|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1985/jul/17/johnson-matthey-bankers|house=House of Commons|title=Johnson Matthey Bankers|column_start=320|column_end=325|volume=83|date=17 July 1985|access-date=12 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109022123/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1985/jul/17/johnson-matthey-bankers|archive-date=9 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The fraud squad was called in to investigate the bank and certain customers.