[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Just what does one have to do to get charged with "gross breach of trust" or "attempted fraud" in France?

[Route66]

This is insane.

[JerseyHighlander]

This is going to go down just like the TotalFinaElf slush fund for politicians personal use. Lots of initial outrage and media during the breaking of the news, then the Merovingian bureaucracy will obfuscate and prolong the investigation until only a few scapegoats are convicted with wrist slaps.

France has no rule of law, just the rule of man.

[milestogo]

breaching IT procedures

IE was the corporate browser and he installed firefox?

[MinuteGal]

I'll bet he's on the French Riviera by tomorrow with a beautiful Bond girl on each arm, spending all that money he claimed he didn't lift.....it was all for the challenge alone, y'know.

Leni

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Ping. I have to catch a flight in a few hours and will be traveling for a few weeks. If you get any more articles on this please ping them so I can keep up with the story.

Thanks.

[MARTIAL MONK]

370,000 euros (186,500 dollars)

I think I see what the problem is.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

This story has the makings of a Michael Ridpath novel. All it needs is a mysterious murder.

[Enchante]

"Kerviel had held positions worth about 50 billion euros (73 billion dollars) when irregularities were first detected"

Aaaahh, he's just a piker..... with more practice and opportunity he could be a politician and play with trillions of dollars!!

[Junior_G]

So...is this enough to trigger a youth riot?

[Vet_6780]

This story was bogus from the beginning no single trader can move billions past checks and balances that have been in place for decades.

They tried to scapegoat him but he got some attorneys and threatened to tell the real story of how the bank got insolvent.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Punish the monkey, let the organ-grinder go.