A City trader accused of gambling away a record £1.4 billion in a banking fraud has been granted bail.
Kweku Adoboli, 32, from Clark Street, Whitechapel, east London, is accused of losing the money while working for Swiss banking giant UBS.
He denied two counts of fraud and two counts of false accounting at an earlier hearing but was remanded in custody.
2. City trader accused of gambling away a
record £1.4 billion in a banking fraud has
been granted bail.
Kweku Adoboli, 32, from Clark Street,
Whitechapel, east London, is accused of
losing the money while working for Swiss
banking giant UBS.
He denieA d two counts of fraud and two
counts of false accounting at an earlier
hearing but was remanded in custody.
3. Today after a bail hearing held behind
closed doors at Southwark Crown Court,
Adoboli was granted bail on the
condition that he must reside at a
friend's house and abide by a curfew
enforced using an electronic tag.
A sum of surety, put up by friends but
which was not disclosed publicly, was
also imposed.
Adoboli was said to be "delighted" to
have been given bail.
4. He is due to stand trial in September with
Tim Harris' Experience
Solicitor
Bark & Co Solicitors
a possible preliminary hearing scheduled
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