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Otkritie's £65m fraud bill wipes out London profits

New filings at Companies House show for the first time the extent of Otkritie's losses from 'fraudulent' warrant transactions last year

The London arm of Russian investment bank Otkritie Capital has posted a £55.9m loss for 2011 on the back of costs related to fraudulent trades alleged to have been undertaken by more than 10 former employees last year.

The figure was disclosed in new filings seen by Financial News and is the first time the size of the scandal has been quantified.

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