Which currency trader caused a $617 million loss for Mizuho Securities in 2005 after a 'fat finger' typo on the Tokyo Stock Exchange?

Trading errors have cost financial institutions enormous sums over the years. One particularly costly mistake in December 2005 became a textbook example of how a single keystroke can wipe out a fortune.

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