NEW YORK CITY: US banking giant Citigroup said on Tuesday it could plead guilty to an antitrust violation as part of a settlement of charges it helped rig the massive foreign exchange market.

Citigroup said it is in “active” discussions to settle the forex probe and that “a resolution with the Department of Justice could include a guilty plea on an antitrust charge,” in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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