Kerviel

PARIS - Ex-trader Jerome Kerviel was convicted on all counts Tuesday in history's biggest rogue trading scandal, sentenced to at least three years in prison and ordered to pay his former employer damages of euro4.9 billion ($6.7 billion) - a sum so staggering it drew gasps in the courtroom.

PARIS - Ex-trader Jerome Kerviel was convicted on all counts Tuesday in history's biggest rogue trading scandal, sentenced to at least three years in prison and ordered to pay his former employer damages of 4.9 billion ($6.7 billion) - a sum so staggering it drew gasps in the courtroom.

PARIS - The lawyer for former French bank trader Jerome Kerviel says he is appealing a Paris court's verdict sending Kerviel to prison for three years and ordering him to pay a staggering euro4.9 billion ($6.7 billion) in damages.