French bank SocGen says hit by $7.1 billion fraud
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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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French bank Societe Generale loses billions of dollars through fraud by one of its Paris-based traders.
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Police on Saturday questioned the young trader blamed for a massive fraud that cost France's Societe Generale bank more than $7 billion, as the country's president accused global financial institutions of having "gone haywire" and urged common sense.
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Police have taken into custody the trader blamed for a $7 billion fraud at French bank Societe Generale, a judicial source said on Saturday.
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PARIS, Jan. 25 -- French political figures, shareholders and bank customers on Friday voiced growing criticism and skepticism of banking giant Societe Generale's explanations of one of the largest financial scams in history.
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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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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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The government's tax credit system is losing more than Â£1bn a year through fraud and error, a report says.
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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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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Societe Generale followed market rules when it unwound unauthorized transactions by a rogue trader in a move that cost the bank billions, but urged tighter controls on banks in France.
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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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The French bank said that fourth-quarter net profit fell to 1 billion euros ($1.47 billion) due to write-downs of securities affected by the financial markets crisis.
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In what appears to be the largest trading fraud ever carried out by a single person, a young trader at French bank Societe Generale is accused of making unauthorized bets on stock markets that cost the bank nearly $7.2 billion but may not have netted him a cent.
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French trader accused of the biggest fraud in banking history facing another day of police questioning
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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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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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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.