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A recent history of unauthorised trading

Financial News looks at five of the most spectacular losses run up in recent years

Nick Leeson may have the book and film deal, but the Barings trader's losses of £827m look like small change compared with the figures run up by some other rogue traders in recent years. In the wake of today's news that a UBS trader has lost the firm $2bn, we look back at some of the most infamous cases of recent years.

Jérôme Kerviel, Societe Generale, 2008

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