Rogue trader steals £3.6 Billion from Société Générale

[Mark T]

A rogue trader has carried out a massive £3.6bn fraud on one of the biggest high street banks in France - dwarfing the £600m that Briton Nick Leeson lost Barings in 1995.

I have the duty to inform you that the management of Société Générale has discovered an internal fraud of a considerable scope," said chairman Daniel Bouton.

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[Touring Mars]

Zut alors! Just imagine what you could do with £3.6 billion - you could donate almost 50p to every human being on Earth... or you could even buy a two-bedroomed house in central London for that (unfurnished).

 

[Robin]

Its great when your gambling with other peoples money!

 

[Mark T]

If he wasn't so greedy he could have got a small fortune. Did he seriously think they wouldn't notice that amount of money disappearing? From reading article it sounds like he covered his tracks for quite a while.

 

[Pupik]

Just imagine what you could do with £3.6 billion.

Start your own space program!

Somewhere, the heartless corpse of Kenneth Lay is seething with jealousy.

 

[Year.Zero]

With $8 billion, you could probably afford to fake your death and start anew. Or something.

 

[ceiling_fan]

With $8 billion, you could probably afford to fake your death and start anew. Or something.

It's much cheaper than that.

Regards
Jimmy Hoffa