Jérôme Kerviel His trial began on 8 June 2010. On 2010, he was found guilty and sentenced to five years of prison, with two years suspended, full restitution of the $6.7 billion which was lost, and a permanent ban from working in financial services. Caroline Guillaumin, a spokeswoman for Société Générale, stated that the restitution was "symbolic", and that the bank had no expectation that the sum would be paid. Olivier Metzner, Kerviel's lawyer, described the sentence as "extraordinary" and said that Kerviel would appeal. Kerviel's sentence was suspended until his appeal was completed. On 24 October 2012, a Paris appeals court
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