Jérôme Kerviel
Jérôme Kerviel | |
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Kerviel in 2015 | |
| Born | 11 January 1977 |
| Education | Lumière University Lyon 2 (Master of Finance) University of Nantes |
| Occupation(s) | Trader, consultant |
| Employer(s) | Société Générale (formerly) Lemaire Consultants (currently) |
| Criminal charge(s) | Abuse of confidence illegal access to computers |
| Criminal penalty | Three years in prison |
Jérôme Kerviel (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁom kɛʁvjɛl]; born 11 January 1977) is a French rogue trader who was convicted and imprisoned in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss for breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computers, resulting in losses valued at €4.9 billion.