Kerviel joins ranks of master rogue traders

Kerviel joins ranks of master rogue traders:

"In being identified as the lone wolf behind French investment bank Société Générale's staggering $7.1-billion loss Thursday, Jérôme Kerviel joined the ranks of a rare and elite handful of rogue traders whose audacious transactions have single-handedly brought some of the world's financial powerhouses to their knees.

This notorious company includes Nick Leeson, who brought down Britain's Barings Bank in 1995 by blowing $1.4-billion, Yasuo Hamanaka, who squandered $2.6-billion on fraudulent copper deals for Sumitomo Corp. of Japan in 1998, John Rusnak, who frittered away $750-million through unauthorized currency trading for Allied Irish Bank in 2002 and Brian Hunter of Calgary, who oversaw the loss of $6-billion on hedge fund bets at Amaranth Advisors in 2006.