A TRADER "gambled away" $US2.3 billion ($A2.2 billion) of leading Swiss bank UBS's money, causing "chaos and disaster", his trial in London heard. Kweku Adoboli, 32, traded beyond his permitted limits at the bank's offices in London because he was trying to earn a bigger bonus and wanted to boost his ego, a prosecution lawyer told the court. Mr Adoboli thought he had the "magic touch" but his actions rocked UBS, lawyer Sasha Wass told the 12-person jury as she outlined the case against the Ghanaian-born son...
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