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Kweku Adoboli, Former UBS Trader

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News ChannelLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD

Stephen Sackur speaks to Kweku Adoboli, a former trader for the Swiss Bank UBS based in London. In a series of disastrous trades, many hidden from view, he ran up losses totalling a staggering $2.3 billion. He was eventually imprisoned for almost four years for fraud. Why did he do it? Show less

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Presenter:
Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest:
Kweku Adoboli

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