$7.1 Billion Fraud Uncovered at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale
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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.
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Feds allege 1.7 million stolen credit card numbers were involved in global scam.
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Could Societe Generale's $7.2 billion loss at the hands of a rogue employee have been prevented?
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The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007
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Business & money: Â· Doubt cast on SocGen claim of single perpetratorÂ· Employee of financial services firm is held
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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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French bank Societe Generale   disclosed one of the biggest alleged frauds in financaal  history on Thursday, adding to a wave of gloom surrounding  world markets battered by credit market losses.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture distributed $1.1 billion over seven years to the estates or companies of deceased farmers and routinely failed to conduct reviews required to ensure that the payments were properly made, according to a government report.
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The rogue futures trader who allegedly cost French bank Societe Generale $7.14 billion had been betting on an even larger scale Â with tens of billions in fraudulent deals, the bank said Friday.
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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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French bank 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, the bank 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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French bank Societe Generale said fraud by a single trader had caused it a 4.9 billion euro ($7.1 billion) loss and that it would seek emergency funds as a result, shocking battered markets.
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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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Global stocks posted fresh gains on  Friday, shrugging off an astounding $7 billion fraud at French  bank Societe Generale, while commodities rallied as a U.S. tax  stimulus package helped ease recession fears.
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LONDON/PARIS  - Societe Generale's shock disclosure of a fraud that lost it $7 billion has left investors wondering about a link between the fiasco and Monday's European stock market rout.
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Societe Generale has uncovered a fraud by one of its traders which will have a 4.9-billion-euro ($7.16 billion) negative impact on the group, France's second-largest listed bank said on Thursday.