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Rogue trader suspected in $2 billion loss at UBS

Thursday, September 15, 2011

LONDON (AP) — Swiss banking giant UBS said today that a rogue trader has caused it an estimated loss of $2 billion, stunning a beleaguered banking industry that has proven vulnerable to unauthorized trades. Police in London said they arrested a 31-year-old UBS trader, Kweku Adoboli, in the alleged fraud. UBS declined to confirm his name.