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Citigroup puts fat-fingered trader on leave over massive loss
Citigroup placed a London-based trader “on leave” last June after the employee’s “fat finger” triggered a flash crash in European markets while working from home. The trader incorrectly added an extra zero to a trade while working remotely and caused a knee-jerk sell-off in Swedish stocks, wiping out as much as €300 billion in a matter of minutes and costing Citigroup $50 million in losses.