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Nick Leeson
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- NICK LEESON, the financial trader whose trading losses led to the collapse of Barings Bank, was born in Watford, Essex, England, the son of a plasterer. After leaving Parmiter's School, aged 18 in 1985, Leeson got a job working as an accounts clerk for the bank Coutts & Company settling checks. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime; Leeson, Nick (1967–)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Nick_Leeson
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