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
Administration and liquidation of The Rangers Football Club plc account from Bank of Scotland following the financial crisis of 2007–2008. In October 2009, first-team manager Walter Smith claimed that Lloyds were effectively running the club. Rangers then entered a dispute, known informally as the 'big tax case', with HMRC, regarding their use of employee benefit trusts (EBT) between 2001 and 2010. A tax bill potentially running to £49 million, including interest and penalties, was assessed by HMRC in 2010. Rangers argued that their EBT scheme was a legal method of tax avoidance. The scale of the potential liability led then-chairman Alistair Johnston to admit in 2011 that the club