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HughBeaumont

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119. Speaking of felonies and theft . . .

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 08:23 AM

Apr 2013

Riddle me this: how does a guy who was

* indicted on 98 counts of securities fraud and racketeering,

* eventually convicted of 6 counts of fraudulent securities reporting (felonies, last I checked),

* sentenced to 10 years in prison (of which he served less than 2 years),

* forced to pay $200 million in fines, $400 million in restitution (he paid $1.1 billion for all
lawsuits related to his actions while working as a junk bond trader at Drexel)

. . . come out of prison even richer than he was before???

Michael Milken has a net worth of 2 billion dollars.

If any of US stole even $500, we'd never work again and die in squalor.

It's because he was allowed to keep some of his wealth despite being convicted of securities-related felonies.

It also shouts loudly at the fact that once money goes to the top, it stays there no matter WHAT.

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