French trader 'staked 50bn euros'
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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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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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A second broker suspected of involvement in the Societe Generale affair appeared before French judges Saturday on suspicion of knowing about the multi-billion-euro losses being made by rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, a judicial source said.
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PARIS, Feb. 8 -- A French futures trader was jailed Friday while investigations continued into the billions of dollars in losses he is accused of causing at Societe Generale bank.
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In brief remarks to photographers, JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel said that while he took responsibility for booking billions of euros in fictitious trades, he was âsingled out by SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale.
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French trader accused of the biggest fraud in banking history facing another day of police questioning
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The trader accused of costing French bank Societe Generale $7.2 billion (3.7 billion pound) may yet carve out a new career for himself, judging by Thursday's bidding war for interviews with Nick Leeson, who brought down Barings.
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French police had a second trader in custody Friday in their probe of trades that led to massive losses at bank Societe Generale, respected daily Le Monde reported.
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French bank Societe Generale loses billions of dollars through fraud by one of its Paris-based traders.
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French bank Societe Generale described Sunday how one of its traders allegedly carried out a $7.2 billion (&#8364;4.9 billion) fraud, how the loss came to light and what it is doing to ensure such a case does not recur.
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Societe Generale faces growing embarrassment after it emerged the French bank was warned last year about the suspect activities of Jerome Kerviel and its key fraud accusation against the 31-year-old trader collapsed.
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A junior dealer detained over the biggest fraud in banking history is helping investigators, police said on Sunday, as his employer revealed that he had bet 50 billion euros ($73.3 billion) of its money on illicit trades.
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French bank Societe Generale ,  at the centre of a huge trading scandal, began investigating  trades executed by junior trader Jerome Kerviel months before  his unauthorized activities were exposed in January, the  Financial Times reported.
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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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SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale said that the fraud had been committed by a trader in charge of hedging on European index futures.
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The trader alleged to have cost French Bank Societe Generale 4.9 billion euros in unauthorised financial deals was being questioned in police custody Saturday, a judicial source said.
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Scandal-hit bank Societe Generale unveils plans to sell shares at a 40% discount to raise 5.5bn euros.