Encore: Breaking Barings | On the Run | 3

British Scandal

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Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Barings Bank is on the brink of collapse. And it doesn’t take long for those at the top to work out who has left them penniless. Once, Nick Leeson was the historic bank’s most successful trader. Now, he’s a man on the run.

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0:00.0	Levine, the Fordster. How's your rash?
0:08.0	Excuse me, that's a bit personal.
0:09.5	No, you said you're getting a rash the other day from all the tension.
0:11.9	Oh, right, that rash. that rash yes no it is a bit
0:14.2	better thanks yeah. Okay good I was slightly concerned it was my Lynx Africa in this small
0:17.6	studio that was setting you off. You're a very fragrant man. Thank you. Are you
0:20.8	ready for the final part of the story? I think I am.
0:25.5	Singapore Thursday the 23rd of February 1995 930 PM
0:32.0	Simon Jones Operations Manager for South Asia, sits at Nick Leeson's desk on the 14th floor of
0:38.7	bearings officers in ocean towers.
0:42.1	The desk is littered with papers, packets of fruit pastels and kind direct toys.
0:47.0	Because famously he's eight years old.
0:49.0	Jones is Nick Leeson's immediate boss. He needs to find Leeson and quick.
0:54.0	We'll be down the playground.
0:56.4	He takes a screwdriver and forces the door open.
0:59.8	He grabs a handful of printouts.
1:02.2	They're for an account called 888. His frown
1:06.4	deepens as he reads. None of the numbers make sense. The printouts are showing
1:11.7	tens of millions of pounds worth of losses.
1:15.0	Something in the desk drawer catches Jones's eye.
1:18.0	It's a tube of glue and some scissors.
1:20.0	He picks up a draft of a letter to the auditors about the missing 7.78 billion yen.
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