Rogue French trader accused of hacking
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A young trader blamed for losses that cost France's Societe Generale more than $7 billion hacked computers and used "several techniques of fraud," the bank said Sunday, as judicial officials said the man would remain in custody a further 24 hours.
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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 police on Friday questioned a share broker over links to rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, whose 4.8 billion euro (7.1 billion dollar) losses nearly brought Societe Generale bank to its knees, justice officials said.
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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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Societe Generale was warned about alleged rogue trader Jerome Kerviel last year, a prosecutor says.
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Societe Generale said Sunday that a rogue trader suspected of incurring massive losses at the French bank held positions worth about 50 billion euros (73 billion dollars) when he was uncovered.
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SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale said that a trader stole computer codes, falsified documents and employed other methods to cover his tracks.
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Societe Generale said Thursday that a single trader was responsible for a massive 4.9 billion euro (7.15 billion dollar) fraud at the French banking giant.
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Employee shareholders at Societe Generale said Wednesday they had started legal action following a multi-billion-euro rogue trader scandal at the French bank.
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Societe Generale detailed Sunday how a young trader evaded all its controls to bet some $73 billion -- more than the French bank's market worth -- saying he hacked computers and used other ''fraudulent methods'' to cover his tracks, causing billions of dollars in losses.
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New details about the actions of a former SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale trader accused of making billions of dollars of unauthorized bets showed that his losses began in July.
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Societe Generale detailed Sunday how a young trader evaded all its controls to bet some $73 billion Â more than the French bank's market worth Â saying he hacked computers and used other "fraudulent methods" to cover his tracks, causing billions of dollars in losses.
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SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale, the French bank that earned the respect of it rivals, is now embarrassed by a rogue trader.
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A junior trader blamed for causing a $7 billion loss at French bank Societe Generale has handed himself into the police and is cooperating with their investigation, a prosecution official said on Saturday.
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France has always had a soft spot for the lawbreaker. Now JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel, the trader who cost SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale more than $7 billion, has attracted a fan club of his own.
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A hacker compromised the corporate Web site of France Telecom SA's ISP subsidiary earlier this week, causing the site to try to install a malicious software program on visitors' computers.
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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.