Jerome Kerviel

Jerome Kerviel, Alleged Rogue Trader, Got "Orgasmic Pleasure" From Playing The Market

The Independent | John Lichfield | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


The five billion euros man, Jérôme Kerviel, stepped involuntarily out of the shadows yesterday, 12 months after he became the most talked about, and...

Jerome Kerviel, Societe General Scammer: I Lost My Sense Of Reality

AP | PIERRE ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business


PARIS — French judges questioned former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel and his former boss Thursday in possibly his last hearing in the ...

Court Frees Jailed SocGen Trader

AP | INGRID ROUSSEAU | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


PARIS — A French court Tuesday ordered the release of a Societe Generale trader accused of causing billions in losses through rogue trades. Jer...

Another SocGen Trader Taken Into Custody

AP | EMMA VANDORE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


PARIS — Investigators searched Societe Generale offices, confiscating records and taking another trader into custody Wednesday as they tried to ...

French Court Places Trader in Detention

AP | PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


PARIS — A Paris court sent French trader Jerome Kerviel behind bars Friday, while the investigation into billions of euros (dollars) of losses h...

French Court Places Trader in Detention

AP | PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


PARIS — A Paris court sent French trader Jerome Kerviel behind bars Friday, while the investigation into billions of euros (dollars) of losses h...

Traders' High: How Wall Street Gets Carried Away

New York Times | Jenny Anderson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


It is easy to dismiss Jérôme Kerviel, the rogue trader at Société Générale, as a fluke. So here is a sobering thought for Wall Street: There ma...

SocGen Seeks Scrapegoat For $7.1 Billion Scandal

New York Times | http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/business/worldbusiness/30bank.html?ex=1359435600&en=78aa270f64137b8a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Senior politicians here increased calls for the resignation of top executives at Société Générale, ahead of the board's regular meeting, scheduled...

Who the $*ck is Jerome Kerviel?

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Eben Esterhuizen

There is no doubt that the unwinding of Kerviel's positions contributed in a big way to Monday's dramatic slump in world stock markets.

Societe Generale Was Blind To Warnings

Wall Street Journal | DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS and CARRICK MOLLENKAMP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Société Générale's account of how a rogue trader triggered billions of dollars in losses is coming under strain, as it emerges that his risky trad...

Hometown Boys: Tiny French Ville Drawn Into Scandal

Wall Street Journal | JOHN W. MILLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Alleged rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel and his older brother grew up on a quiet cul-de-sac near rocky potato fields. Their mother cut hair in a low-ren...

New Details Emerge About Massive Bank Fraud

New York Times | Nicola Clark | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The French bank Société Générale, facing persistent questions over how one junior trader could have caused more than $7 billion in losses, acknowl...

Societe Generale's Sales May Have Incited Market Plunge

New York Times | NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and NICOLA CLARK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


As panic swept European markets on Monday, word spread that a big hedge fund was in trouble and dumping stocks. Someone was selling, all right -- Soc...

Rogue Trader Held in French Bank Scandal

AP | PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


PARIS — Police on Saturday questioned the young trader blamed for a massive fraud that cost France's Societe Generale bank more than $7 billion,...