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Title:Singapore: Former Barings Trader Leeson Sentenced To Six-And-A-Half Years In Jail
Date:23rd November 1995
Summary:Nick Leeson, the former futures trader whose derivatives dealings broke Barings Bank, was sentenced on December 2 1995 in Singapore to six-and-a-half years in jail on two charges of fraud. Leeson, who worked for Barings in Singapore, is blamed for accumulating the 1.4 billion United States dollars in losses that broke the oldest merchant bank in Britain.
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Location:SINGAPORE
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