Rogue trader
Table of largest rogue trader losses
Columns: Name | Country | Date(s) | Loss | Institution | Market activity | Sentence
Yasuo Hamanaka | Tokyo, Japan | 1996 | $2.6 billion | Sumitomo Corporation | Copper | 8 years prison | Kweku Adoboli | London, United Kingdom | 2011 | $2.3 billion | UBS | S&P 500, DAX, and EuroStoxx Futures | 7 years in prison | Nick Leeson | United Kingdom | 1995 | $1.3 billion (£827 million) | Barings Bank | Nikkei Index Futures | 6.5 years prison | Toshihide Iguchi | Osaka, Japan / New York City, United States | 1995 | $1.1 billion | Resona Holdings | U.S. Treasury Bonds | 4 years prison | Boris Picano-Nacci | Paris, France | 2008 | $980.3 million (€751 million) | Groupe Caisse d'Epargne | Equity Derivatives | €315 million fine (2 year suspended sentence) | John Rusnak | Maryland, United States | 2002 | $691 million | Allied Irish Banks | Foreign Exchange Options | 7.5 years prison