Jérôme Kerviel upheld the October 2010 sentence to three years in prison with another two suspended, and ordered Kerviel to reimburse 4.9bn euros to Société Générale for its loss. In March 2014, a French high court upheld Kerviel's prison sentence but ruled he would not have to repay €4.9bn. On 7 June 2016, condemned Société Générale for unlawful firing of Jérôme Kerviel. Société Générale said it would appeal. In April 2008, following Kerviel's provisional release, he was hired by Lemaire Consultants & Associates, an information systems and computer security consulting firm. While awaiting a ruling on his legal appeal and still protesting
Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight, duplicating the work of the self-regulatory National Futures Association. In March he dissented from the FY 2015 budget request stating CFTC "makes an unrealistic request for new staff and funding in this budget request without a firm understanding of its mission priorities, specific goals, and corresponding personnel and technology needs." Commodity Futures Trading Commission The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an independent agency of the US government created in 1974, that regulates futures and option markets. The Commodities Exchange Act ("CEA"), "et seq.", prohibits fraudulent conduct in the trading of futures contracts. The stated mission of the