http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/oct/06/jerome-kerviel-societe-generale
The token sacrifice that led to the public exposure of subprime
Rogue trader speaks out against court verdict, saying he was being made to pay for the malpractice of several people
"From the start of the investigation I have admitted what I was responsible for, what I did wrong, while at the same time providing factual material proving that my colleagues and my superiors knew what I was doing," he said. He admitted that he and his lawyer, Olivier Metzner, had failed to convince the court. "We probably didn't know how to explain that and make the court realise and prove once and for all that it wasn't just me in that boat."
