Breaking the Bank: One Trader, 50 Billion
Synopsis
Jérôme Kerviel – the trader who hid €50 billion in trades at a major international bank – and his former superiors reveal all sides of the scandal.
Main Cast
Jérôme Kerviel
Self, The trader
François Hollande
Self, French president
Patricia Chapelotte
Self, Communication of Kerviel
Hugues Le Bret
Self, Communication of the bank
Catherine Lubochinsky
Self, Economist
Daniel Bouton
Self, Bank chairman
User Reviews
Stanimir Kostadinov
On January 24, 2008, Société Générale, one of the largest French banks, caused an earthquake by announcing a loss of 4.9 billion euros, linked to fraud by one of its traders, then unknown. From the initial shock to the media-judicial saga that followed, the series "Kerviel: a trader, 50 billion" retraces in 4 episodes of 45 minutes the key events of this story that has become a symbol of the excesses of finance.
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