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Rogue Trader

by Nick Leesonliterary work· published 1996

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Rogue Trader: How I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World is a book by Nick Leeson, who served four years in prison for fraud after bankrupting the London-based Barings Bank in 1995 by hiding $1.4 billion in debt he accumulated as a derivatives trader in Singapore. The book was released on February 19, 1996 by Little, Brown & Company.

Adaptations (1)

Rogue Trader was adapted into a 1999 film.

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    Rogue Trader
    1999 · film · 101 min · dir. James Dearden · IMDb ↗
    IMDb6.433%

    Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.

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