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The Second Stone

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16. his lawyers should assert

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Wed May 23, 2012, 04:59 PM

May 2012

as a defense that he is too big to fail and that if he is removed from the workforce that the ripples through the economy would have devastating consequences on other people too big to fail.

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Wells Fargo Accidentally Gave This Guy $70,000 And Now He's Facing Jail Time [View all] FarCenter May 2012 OP

It's not mystery... Phentex May 2012 #1

If I found $70K in my bank account The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #2

What an idiot Politicalboi May 2012 #3

Maybe he figured since the banks have been spending OUR money like crazy.... dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #5

He was wrong... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #13

Bullshit. girl gone mad May 2012 #14

Accidentally spent the money... cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #24

Weird that people think if it's someone else's mistake, then Lex May 2012 #4

Good. Jail is where he belongs. n/t B2G May 2012 #6

Wells Fargo invest heavily in private, for-profit prisons. Perhaps he'll end there Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #10

Move over Bait Car, I smell an even better show! Rex May 2012 #7

Think of the product placement! Scurrilous May 2012 #17

Bawhahahaha! Rex May 2012 #18

No sympathy from me. unreadierLizard May 2012 #8

i agree the guy was dumb. but when the mistake goes in the opposite direction & the bank spends HiPointDem May 2012 #9

What he have done if the bank credited his deposit to the wrong account. badtoworse May 2012 #11

Maybe he thought it was the tooth fairy who put it in there? NNN0LHI May 2012 #12

He should say he thought it was the Nigerian Merchant deposit he was expecting. Hassin Bin Sober May 2012 #30

Is it flat out stealing. And he knew it. Not a smart move. n-t Logical May 2012 #15

his lawyers should assert The Second Stone May 2012 #16

He should have taken the money and put it an Arctic Dave May 2012 #19

Hells yes. That's the American Way NightWatcher May 2012 #23

He was only 22. KatyMan May 2012 #20

He is not a child. He's an adult. He can vote. You would expect that he would realize that the Arkansas Granny May 2012 #21

He's old enough to have taken a shitload of student loans and bought a degree. cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #26

Absolutely nothing that comes close to being that stupid Raine May 2012 #27

My wife checks our account balances frequently ashling May 2012 #22

Yeah, he's guilty. Stupid kid. He knew it wasn't his money. He knew who the owner was. Honeycombe8 May 2012 #25

I think he should be allowed to keep the money. gulliver May 2012 #28

It happened to my mom and dad. 16k grok May 2012 #29

Terrible title. jp11 May 2012 #31

found money? upi402 May 2012 #32