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Jerome Kerviel

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SocGen Has Bad Day At The Office, Trader Fights Back On $6.6bn Damages Claim

You think you have problems!

Kerviel with Beret

Financial Markets

Accused UBS Trader To Take The Stand, SocGen's Kerviel In Final Appeal

Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli will start telling his side of the story in court on Thursday, seeking to convince a jury that he did not act dishonestly when he made the trades that cost the Swiss bank $2.3 billion.

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Financial Markets

French Rogue Trader Gets 3 Years

Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in France's biggest rogue-trading scandal on Wednesday and ordered to repay the bank $6.35bn.

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Financial Markets

13 Of The Worst Decisions Made By Financial Institutions

Here's 13 of the worst decisions made by banks / regulators in recent financial markets history.

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Financial Markets

Trader's 'Love' For Former Firm May Not Be Enough to Save Him

Jerome Kerviel’s statement last week that he 'loved' Societe Generale SA (GLE) may have come too late to help him win a reduced sentence for causing the bank’s $6.1bn trading loss.

Kerviel with Beret

Financial Markets

Rogue Trader Could End Up Getting Even Longer In Jail

Societe Generale wants a Paris appeals court to uphold a 2010 conviction holding Jerome Kerviel responsible for the bank’s $6.2bn trading loss, lawyers for the bank said.

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Financial Markets

Trader Gets Support For Claim His Firm Knew About Multi-Billion $ Positions

Is the incredible becoming credible now ?

John F Kennedy In Dallas Motorcade

Financial Markets

Judge Demands Proof For Trader's Incredible Claim

They say that truth is stranger than fiction, but....

Kerviel with Beret

Financial Markets

Rogue Trader Claims Firm Knew What He Was Doing

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