Two Société Générale employees were questioned on Friday about the activities of Jérôme Kerviel, the 31-year old trader at the centre of the bank’s massive losses.

The two employees were a Mr Maisonneuve and Ms Dumas, who were interviewed by Renaud van Ruymbeke and Francoise Desset, the investigative judges who are leading the probe into Mr Kerviel’s activities.