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NICK LEESON |
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HIT THE HEADLINES IN 1995. |
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE "ROGUE TRADER" AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF
BARING'S BANK? |
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WORKED
FOR BARINGS BANK, ENGLANDS OLDEST BANK. |
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AS
A RELATIVELY YOUNG AND UNPROVEN ACCOUNTS CLERK, HE WENT TO
BARINGS' SINGAPORE OFFICE IN 1992, AND WITHIN A YEAR HAD MADE
10 MILLION POUNDS, ABOUT 10% OF BARING'S PROFIT FOR THAT YEAR. |
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IN
1994, HIS LUCK BEGAN TO RUN OUT, AND THE MARKETS TURNED AGAINST
HIIM, LOSING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF POUNDS. |
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IN
1995, HIS LOSSES AMOUNTED TO £830 MILLION AND BARINGS
FACED COLLAPSE. |
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MANY EXECUTIVES WHO WERE INVOLVED
IN THE FAILURE TO CONTROL LEESON EITHER RESIGNED OR WERE SACKED. |
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AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF LOSING
£830 MILLION DOLLARS, NICK WAS SENTENCED TO SIX AND
A HALF YEARS BY A SINGAPORE COURT FOR FORGERY AND CHEATING. |
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BARINGS BANK CRASHED AND WAS SOLD TO A DUTCH BANK FOR 1 POUND. |
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NICK WAS RELEASED EARLY
FROM JAIL IN JULY 1999, ON THE GROUNDS OF GOOD BEHAVIOUR. HE
WAS SOON EARNING BIG FROM APPEARANCES AT CONFERENCES AND ON
TELEVISION. |
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HE WROTE THE BOOK "ROGUE
TRADER" ABOUT HIS EXPLOITS, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED INTO
A FILM STARRING EWAN MCGREGOR AND ANNA FRIEL. |
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NICK NOW HAS A PSYCHOLOGY
DEGREE AFTER STUDYING AT MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY |
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HE WAS TREATED FOR COLON
CANCER, BUT HAS MADE A FULL RECOVERY AND IN 2003, MARRIED AN
IRISH BEAUTICIAN. |
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NICK IS AVAILABLE FOR AFTER-DINNER
SPEAKING, WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT THE COLLAPSE OF BARINGS, HIS
TIME IN PRISON AND HIS FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. |
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O Y O U R E M E M B E R ? |
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NICK
AND HIS WIFE GOING ON THE RUN IN GERMANY AND THEN BEING ARRESTED
AND TAKEN BACK TO SINGAPORE. |
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I D Y O U K N O W ? |
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AT
THE HEIGHT OF HIS SUCCESS WITH BARINGS, HE RECEIVED A BONUS
OF £130,000 ON TOP OF HIS £50,000 SALARY. |
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BARINGS
BANK WAS 233 YEARS OLD WHEN IT CRASHED. |
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