First there was Fake Steve Jobs. Then there was Fake Steve Ballmer. Now there's Fake Jerome Kerviel. Read the "insider" exploits of the now infamous French rogue trader who lost $7.2 billion for Societe Generale. Across Europe, Jerome the Rogue has become quite the media celebrity -- and he knows it:

"It's not easy dealing with this notoriety. So far these musings have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, some Dutch website called Planet and even a Belgian daily called De Morgen. I've gone global, all that's missing is a mention in Pravda and something in Xinhua.

I'm pretty keen on the attention of the Dutch website, maybe they'll give me a chance at managing a football team in Holland, they are pretty good at football, don't care much for the Belgian's, they are useless at the beautiful game, but the Dutch they know what they are doing. The only thing is that they kit themselves up in that nasty orange gear which would really cramp my style. As long as I could skip all that orange stuff, I'd be happy to manage a Dutch team.

There's a lot of talk going about, some are saying I'm a genius and some are saying I'm a simpleton. Let's be very clear, I am neither, although I am pretty sexy and dress better than the average Jean-Pierre I'm just a normal French chap; I like my wine, I like my soft cheeses and I think the Citroen 2 CV is the greatest piece of design ever. To be sure, if I was a genius, I probably wouldn't have lost 5 billion euros. N'est-ce pas?"

Here in the States, even the Wall Street Journal has chimed in on the media buzz surrounding the rogue French trader, noting that any of a handful of leading Hollywood men -- Tom Cruise, Paul Rudd, Patrick Dempsey or Ed Norton -- would be naturals to play the role of Jerome Kerviel.

[image: Rogue Trader movie poster]