SocGen reels from record $7 billion rogue trader fraud
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A "massive fraud" by a junior rogue trader has punched a $7 billion hole in the finances of French bank Societe Generale, leaving its credibility in tatters and forcing it to get emergency cash.
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The French financial trader at the centre of a massive fraud case gambled around 50bn euros, his employer says.
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SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale said a junior trader who racked up more than $7 billion in losses misused computer access codes and falsified documents.
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Financial police in Paris were to question a trader who cost Franceâs SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale more than $7 billion, judicial officials said.
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The French government demanded a full accounting Friday of how a rogue trader at Societe Generale managed to lose 7.0 billion dollars, as it emerged he gambled on over 73 billion dollars -- more than the bank's current value.
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France's Societe Generale says fraud was hidden using "sophisticated and varied techniques."
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Accused French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel walked free after judges placed him under formal investigation Monday for his role in seven billion dollars of losses at Societe Generale but stopped short of charging him with fraud.
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Societe Generale has uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud that, combined with a write-down from its subprime exposure, will force it to seek $8.02 billion in new capital
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Developer turned gambler drops French bank in $7.2bn hole The apparent ease with which a former software developer turned rogue trader was able to sink France's second-biggest bank into a â¬4.9bn ($7.2bn) hole has sparked questions about the effectiveness of risk analysis systems.â¦
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French investigators have stepped up efforts to find out how a self-effacing dealer at Societe Generale ran up a $7 billion loss that hoodwinked his employers, saying he was not on the run and would soon face questioning.
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French bank Societe Generale said Thursday it has uncovered a 4.9 billion euro ($7.14 billion) fraud Â one of history's biggest Â by a single futures trader whose scheme of fictitious transactions was discovered as stock markets began to stumble in recent days.
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Societe Generale said Sunday that a trader who evaded all its controls to bet $73.5 billion Â more than the French bank's market worth Â on European markets hacked computers and "combined several fraudulent methods" to cover his tracks, causing billions in losses.
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French bank Societe Generale defended its handling of the world's biggest trading scandal on Sunday, but admitted its risk systems had failed to detect a 50-billion-euro ($73.3 billion) market bet by a lone trader.
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PARIS, Jan. 29 -- The 31-year-old trader accused of causing $7.1 billion in losses at France's Societe Generale bank told police investigators that his financial deals were so big that his bosses had to know about them, according to transcripts published Tuesday on two French Web sites.
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Investigators were expected to question the trader in connection with a massive fraud at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale.
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The 4.9 billion euro (7.15 billion dollar) rogue trader scandal at Societe Generale does not affect the "solidity and reliability of France's financial system," President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday.
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The French bank said that the fraud had been committed by a trader in charge of hedging on European index futures.