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Second SocGen Broker Held in Kerviel Probe

Could derail rogue trader's chances of getting released

By Jim O'Neill,  Newser User

Posted Mar 12, 2008 10:23 AM CDT

(Newser) – Authorities have taken a second Societe Generale employee into custody and conducted a search of La Defense headquarters, as the probe into unauthorized securities trading that cost the French bank $7.6 billion expands, reports Bloomberg. Police are holding a broker from a bank subsidiary, said a SocGen spokeswoman. Another broker was taken into custody, questioned, and released last month.

Lawyers for Jerome Kerviel, held by police since January for allegedly hacking SocGen’s computers and falsifying documents while trading huge amounts of SocGen’s money, are trying to get their client out of jail. A hearing is set for Friday; they charge that the "new accomplice" is a ploy to keep him in custody. In a report released last month, independent board members said the bank's internal security ignored more than 75 warnings on Kerviel’s trades.

French trader Jerome Kerviel is seen at his lawyer Elisabeth Meyer's office in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008.
French trader Jerome Kerviel is seen at his lawyer Elisabeth Meyer's office in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008.   (Associated Press)
People leave the Societe Generale bank headquarters  outside Paris.
People leave the Societe Generale bank headquarters outside Paris.   (Associated Press)
View of the French bank Societe Generale headquarters in Paris suburb La Defense.
View of the French bank Societe Generale headquarters in Paris suburb La Defense.   (Associated Press)
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