rogue trader

noun

1. a person who makes deals without due regard for normal business practices and controls

Example Sentences

A prolific rogue trader who lured customers in with his "charm and charisma" has been found guilty of a £1.25m fraud.

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Early 1995; John Major's Conservative government is faltering, Eric Cantona is serving an eight-month ban for kicking a supporter, rogue trader Nick Leeson has brought Britain's oldest bank to its knees and Britpop is booming.

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The Sun newspaper reported he was at "the centre of a rogue trader probe" for failing to provide an F-gas certificate for his business for 17 months, which is required by the Environment Agency.

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He said that research by the Home Office in 2003 suggested older victims of rogue trader crime were two-and-a-half times more likely to have died or gone into residential care in the two years following an incident than those who had not been victimised.

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Once competing on par with BNP Paribas in the early 2000s, SocGen has gone through a tumultuous period over the last 15 years, marked by heavy losses from a rogue trader on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis and a costly exit from Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine last year.

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