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How Did UBS Lose $2 Billion?

London City Police have arrested a 31-year-old on charges related to fraud by abuse of position. UBS has not confirmed any connection between that arrest and Kweku Adoboli, a UBS director. “You can’t have someone arrested for violating your policies,” says ex-CISO at Bear Stearns & Co. Jennifer Bayuk, a professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, says it seems UBS’ unauthorized deals were not accidental. Bayuk: “SocGen was responsible for loose security controls, which really enabled the fraud in that case””]

Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/how-did-ubs-lose-2-billion-a-4064

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