How Citigroup helped lift the lid on Trafigura’s nickel nightmare

The victim of ”systematic fraud” in relation to nickel trades, commodity trader Trafigura could be losing more than half a billion dollars. Bloomberg tells the story of how the fraud was uncovered.
Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By Jack Farchy and Jonathan Browning, bloomberg news

As Trafigura Group’s metal traders were partying in London at last year’s LME Week jamboree, Citigroup Inc. was taking a step that would end up shaking their world.

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