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Rogue Trader Bet $73B —Twice SocGen's Worth

'Complicity' by others can't be ruled out

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 28, 2008 5:41 AM CST

(Newser) – Maverick trader Jérôme Kerviel gambled with $73 billion, twice the market value of Société Générale, by stealing computer access codes and setting up fake email accounts, the French bank revealed as new details emerged in one of the biggest scandals...   Read full story »

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