Breaking the Bank: One Trader, 50 Billion
Series

Breaking the Bank: One Trader, 50 Billion

7.7|1 Season2024DocumentaryCrime

Story Line

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.

Top Cast

J

Jérôme Kerviel

Self, The trader

François Hollande

François Hollande

Self, French president

P

Patricia Chapelotte

Self, Communication of Kerviel

H

Hugues Le Bret

Self, Communication of the bank

C

Catherine Lubochinsky

Self, Economist

D

Daniel Bouton

Self, Bank chairman

Reviews

Stanimir Kostadinov

⭐ 3/10

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 excesses of finance.

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