France probes 'fake' bank heist
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An investigation is launched in France as a man is held on suspicion of faking robbery to fund a terror group.
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Investigators were trying to determine Wednesday if a device strapped to a bank employee's chest contained explosives, and whether the man was a victim or a participant in a robbery.
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French police are holding a man for questioning on suspicion of cheating a lottery winner out of a 35.5 million euro (23.9 million pounds) win last month, a police source said on Tuesday.
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Police have been questioning staff at a branch of Greece's central bank after more than six million euros ( 4.1m) diappeared from its vault.
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Financial police in Paris were to question a trader who caused a $7.2 billion loss at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale, officials said.
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Greek police question bank staff after more than six million euros (Â£4.1m) disappear from a branch's vault.
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Workers at French supermarket chain Carrefour are being probed by Chinese authorities on suspicion of bribery.
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The French finance ministry has launched &quot;an investigative procedure&quot; to probe value-added-tax (VAT) fraud between European Union countries that could involve billions of euros annually.
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French bank Societe Generale said Thursday that it has uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud which, combined with a write-down from its subprime exposure, will force it to seek $8.02 billion in new capital.
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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.
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FSA warns City on risks The French software developer turned rogue trader who cost French bank SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale an estimated â¬4.9bn ($7.2bn) used co-workers' access codes to set up fraudulent transactions.â¦
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The French rogue trader alleged to have cost his bank billions of euros is reported to be in police custody.
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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 police question a businessman at the centre of an alleged smear campaign targeting politicians.
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France's financial market regulator said Tuesday that it has opened an investigation into French bank Societe Generale, which announced last week that the actions of a rogue trader caused it nearly euro5 billion (US$7 billion) in losses.
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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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PARIS, Jan 26 -- The French trader accused of one of the biggest bank frauds ever surfaced Saturday -- in the custody of police, who were questioning him about bad bets that cost France's No. 2 bank billions of euros.