SocGen reels from record $7 billion rogue trader fraud
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The biggest rogue trader scandal in history hit Societe Generale on Thursday as the French bank accused a junior employee of a fraud costing $7 billion.
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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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French trader accused of the biggest fraud in banking history facing another day of police questioning
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France's Societe Generale says fraud was hidden using "sophisticated and varied techniques."
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French bank Societe Generale says it has uncovered a huge fraud by a Paris-based trader, who has been suspended.
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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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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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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 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 defended its handling of the world's biggest trading scandal on Sunday, but admitted its risk systems had failed to detect a 50-billion-euro ($73.3 billion) market bet by a lone trader.
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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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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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Senior French politicians stepped up calls for top managers at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale to resign over a rogue traderâs deals that cost the bank more than $7 billion.
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Societe Generale unveils an employee's $7.2 billion fraud, and a $3 billion subprime write-down.
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Accused French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel walked free after judges placed him under formal investigation Monday for his role in seven billion dollars of losses at Societe Generale but stopped short of charging him with fraud.
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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 has admitted  that a gap in control systems allowed a junior trader to take a  $73 billion losing bet on European share prices, but defended  its handling of the world's biggest trading scandal.