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|+ Roll of Honour, financial disasters edition
|+ Roll of Honour, financial disasters edition
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! Scandal !! Date !! Jurisdiction !! Estimated Loss !! Gatekeepers !! Firings !! Jail-Time?
! Scandal !! Date !! Where!! Loss !! Reason !! Firings !! Jail-Time?
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|Barclays Programme Limit || 2022|| US || [https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ftse-100-barclays-profits-us-trading-error-064914092.html £1.3bn]  || Internal Operations || None reported || No
|{{disaster roll - Credit Suisse}}
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|LME Nickel Short Squeeze || 2022|| London || [https://internationalbanker.com/brokerage/the-nickel-short-squeeze-what-happened/ “Billions”] || LME || None reported ... yet || No
|{{disaster roll - SVB memeplex}}
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|{{disaster roll - Frank}}
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|{{disaster roll - FTX}}
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|{{disaster roll - BarclaysMTN}}
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|LME Nickel [[short squeeze]] || 2022|| London || [https://internationalbanker.com/brokerage/the-nickel-short-squeeze-what-happened/ “Billions”] || LME || None reported ... yet || No
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|[[Evergrande]] || 2021|| China || [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/business/china-evergrande-debt-protests.html $300bn] || || Who knows? || No
|[[Evergrande]] || 2021|| China || [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/business/china-evergrande-debt-protests.html $300bn] || || Who knows? || No
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|[[Archegos]] || 2021|| US || [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/27/nomura-and-ubs-latest-banks-to-reveal-impact-of-archegos-collapse $10bn+] || [[When variation margin attacks|UMR]]<br>Internal operations || 100+ across brokers plus several senior executives and one CEO || Eyes peeled, Mr Huang
|[[Archegos]] || 2021|| US || [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/27/nomura-and-ubs-latest-banks-to-reveal-impact-of-archegos-collapse $10bn+] || [[When variation margin attacks|UMR]]<br>Internal operations || 100+ across brokers plus several senior executives and one CEO || Eyes peeled, Mr Huang
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|[[Greensill]] || 2021|| UK || [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/business/greensill-capital-collapse.html $4.6bn] || ||
|[[Greensill]] || 2021|| UK || [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/business/greensill-capital-collapse.html $4.6bn] || ||
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|[[Melvin Capital Management LP]] || 2021 || US || [https://www.thestreet.com/memestocks/gme/gamestop-stock-melvin-capital-defeated-by-the-apes $7bn] || Hubris detector failed || Everyone! The fund shut down shortlay after || Talk of regulators, outrageously, going after the [[outsider trader]]s, but nothing as yet.
|[[Melvin Capital Management LP]] || 2021 || US || [https://www.thestreet.com/memestocks/gme/gamestop-stock-melvin-capital-defeated-by-the-apes $7bn] || Hubris detector failed || Everyone! The fund shut down shortlay after || Talk of regulators, outrageously, going after the [[outsider trader]]s, but nothing as yet.
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|[[Citigroup v Brigade]] || 2021|| US || [https://www.ft.com/content/de433d55-5cea-4929-9954-c08e5b98f004 $500m] || Outsourcing, Operations, IT || Not reported but wouldn’t fancy being head of the team in Bangalore || No
|[[Citigroup v Brigade]] || 2021|| US || [https://www.ft.com/content/de433d55-5cea-4929-9954-c08e5b98f004 $500m] || Outsourcing, Operations, IT || Not reported but wouldn’t fancy being head of the team in Bangalore || No
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|Nikola || 2020|| US || [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/29/us-prosecutors-charge-trevor-milton-founder-of-electric-carmaker-nikola-with-three-counts-of-fraud.html About 80% share drop] || CEO misrepresentations || Must have been plenty || CEO indicted on charges of securities fraud
|Nikola || 2020|| US || [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/29/us-prosecutors-charge-trevor-milton-founder-of-electric-carmaker-nikola-with-three-counts-of-fraud.html About 80% share drop] || CEO misrep || Must have been plenty || CEO indicted on charges of securities fraud
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|Luckin Coffee || 2020|| || ||
|[[WireCard|Wirecard]] || 2020|| Germany || [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wirecard-accounts-idUSKBN23W176 $4bn] ||  CEO misrep || All of them || Three charged with fraud including CEO
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|[[WireCard|Wirecard]] || 2020|| Germany || ||
|[[WeWork]] || 2019|| US || [https://therealdeal.com/2022/03/11/weworks-losses-narrow-but-are-still-huge/ $11bn over three years]|| CEO [[yogababble]] || Nothing to see here folks! Got a new venture to start up || ''Jail''? Dude hasn’t even been kicked off Marc Andreesen’s Xmas Card list.
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|[[WeWork]] || 2019|| US || ||
|Carillion || 2018|| UK || [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/15/carillion-collapse-two-years-on-government-has-learned-nothing#:~:text=The%20demise%20of%20Carillion%20was,sales%20of%20%C2%A35.2bn. £7bn] || Auditors || 3,000 jobs || No but litigation a-plenty
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|Carillion || 2018|| UK || ||
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|Patisserie Valerie || 2018|| UK || ||
|Patisserie Valerie || 2018|| UK || ||
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|Abraaj || 2017|| Saudi Arabia || ||
|Abraaj || 2017|| Saudi || ||
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|Fyre festival || 2017|| US || ||
|Fyre festival || 2017|| US || ||
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|| 1MDB || 2016|| Malaysia and US co-production || ||
|{{disaster roll - tunabonds}}
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|[[Mossack Fonseca]] || 2016|| Panama with help from the international community || ||
|{{disaster roll - 1MDB}}
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|[[Mossack Fonseca]] || 2016|| Panama || ||
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|[[Theranos]] || 2016|| US || ||
|[[Theranos]] || 2016|| US || ||
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|Wells Fargo accounts fraud || 2016|| US || ||
|Wells Fargo accounts fraud || 2016|| US || ||
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|Volkswagen emissions || 2015|| Germany and US || ||
|Volkswagen emissions || 2015|| Germany and US || ||
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|Autonomy || 2012||  UK and US || ||
|Autonomy || 2012||  UK and US || ||
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|Olympus || 2012|| || ||
|Olympus || 2012|| || ||
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|[[LIBOR]] || 2012|| UK || ||
|[[LIBOR]] || 2012|| UK || ||
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|London Whale || 2012|| UK || ||
|London Whale || 2012|| UK || ||
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|Kweku Abodoli || 2011|| UK || ||
|Kweku Abodoli || 2011|| UK || ||
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|Jérôme Kerviel || 2008|| UK || ||
|Jérôme Kerviel || 2008|| UK || ||
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|[[Bernie Madoff]] || 2008|| US || ||
|[[Bernie Madoff]] || 2008|| US || ||
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|Amaranth || 2007|| US || ||
|Amaranth || 2007|| US || ||
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|Tyco || 2002|| US || ||
|Tyco || 2002|| US || ||
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|Parmalat || 2003|| Italy || ||
|Parmalat || 2003|| Italy || ||
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|Freddie Mac || 2003|| US || ||
|Freddie Mac || 2003|| US || ||
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|Global Crossing || 2002|| US || ||
|Global Crossing || 2002|| US || ||
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|WorldCom || 2002|| US || ||
|WorldCom || 2002|| US || ||
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|[[Enron]] || 2001|| US || ||
|[[Enron]] || 2001|| US || ||
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|[[Long Term Capital Management]] || 1998|| US || ||
|{{disaster roll - LTCM}}
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|Yasuo Hamanaka || 1996|| UK || ||
|Yasuo Hamanaka || 1996|| UK || ||
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|Savings and Loan || 1995|| US || ||
|Savings and Loan || 1995|| US || ||
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|Nick Leeson || 1992|| UK Singapore || ||
|Nick Leeson || 1992|| UK Singapore || ||


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