For those not old enough to remember...Nick Leeson

Cabin1111 · Feb 5, 2024

This guy took down the United Kingdom's oldest merchant bank in 1995...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_...born 25,United Kingdom's oldest merchant bank.

A good quick read...

Cabin1111 · Feb 5, 2024

A video about the story...Funny and sad at the same time.

Frederick Foresight · Feb 6, 2024

Read the book several years ago:

nitrene · Feb 7, 2024

Good movie (Rogue Trader 1999) with Ewan McGregor.

Snuskpelle · Feb 7, 2024

Cabin1111 said:
A video about the story...Funny and sad at the same time.

Haven't seen the real man before, just the actor from Rogue Trader. Man he looks (looked) completely irresponsibly nuts in reality.

Frederick Foresight · Feb 7, 2024

nitrene said:
Good movie (Rogue Trader 1999) with Ewan McGregor.

Have the DVD as well.

Quite the cautionary tale.