A Star Trader Turns Star Witness in $12 Billion Tax Scandal
- Former trader was busiest in dividend season, colleagues say
- Junior employee faces extradition to Germany in probe
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For an employee who raked in millions each year, one of Duet Group’s top traders maintained fairly irregular desk hours.
Some days he wouldn’t set foot at all inside the office on the fourth floor of Al Fattan Tower in Dubai’s financial center, according to former colleagues who asked not to be identified discussing corporate life. But for a few weeks each spring, when European companies dole out dividends, the trader -- whom Bloomberg is choosing to call A. for legal reasons -- would log long days at his desk and generate huge profits for his firm.