SocGen employee released

Published February 10, 2008

PARIS, Feb 9: A Societe Generale bank employee was released without charge on Saturday after two days of questioning about the case of jailed trader Jerome Kerviel.

The employee, also a trader, was freed after being questioned Saturday by judges specializing in financial affairs, said Isabelle Montagne, a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutors’ office. He had been detained since Thursday.—AP