PARIS - Former trader Jerome Kerviel will soon learn whether he must go to jail for covering up billions of dollars in losses while working as a trader for a top French bank — and reimburse the €4.9 billion (about $7 billion) it took to unwind his deals. The Paris appeals court gives its verdict Wednesday, deciding whether Kerviel was a fraudster or the victim of a greedy system as he claims. The 35-year-old Kerviel was sentenced to three years in prison in October 2010, and ordered to reimburse Societe Generale for its loss. The prosecution wants a five-year term, calling him a "perverse manipulator." Kerviel, seeking an acquittal, claims the bank turned a blind eye to his exorbitant trades...
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