Investments Hall of Shame (unofficial)

Inductee

Area

Web Links

Nick Leeson

Barings Bank, Derivatives

Official website, Rogue Trader - the movie, BBC news archive, Wikipedia

Toshihide Iguchi

Daiwa Bank, US Treasury Bonds

Wikipedia

Yasuo Hamanaka

Sumitomo Corporation, Copper Derivatives

Wikipedia

John Rusnak

Allied Irish Banks

Wikipedia

Jerome Kerviel

Societe Generale, Derivatives

Wikipedia, USA Today, Economist

Bernie Madoff

$50+ Billion Ponzi Scheme

Wikipedia, Forbes, New York Times, Madoff News from WSJ, Economist

Bruno Iksil (the "London Whale")

JPMorgan, derivatives

Yahoo, Wikipedia

Another summary of financial scandals