Breaking the Bank: One Trader, 50 Billion

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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.

Creator

Frédéric Garson

Network

Max

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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

Reviews

1 review

siamond1976

1y ago

3.0

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 exces...