Societe Generale
Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn
French bank Societe Generale has lost $10bn, the bulk of which was lost through fraud by a trader.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7206270.stm
Police search rogue trader's flat
French police search the flat of Jerome Kerviel, the man said to be the rogue trader who lost 4.9bn euros.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7210293.stm
How does one 'spend' that kind of money unchecked? Is that even recoverable? Jerome Kerviel must be sweating blood right now.
QUOTE (BBC) |
Jerome Kerviel, the trader accused of losing 4.9bn euros at French bank Societe Generale, is in police custody, French judicial sources say. |
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French bank 'had trader warning'
Societe Generale was warned about alleged rogue trader Jerome Kerviel last year, a prosecutor says.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7214716.stm
Rogue trader began year in profit
The French trader that incurred massive losses for Societe Generale was in profit at the start of 2008.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7218380.stm