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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Going to the Dickens December 16-18, 2011 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)25. Incarcerate Corzine By Eric Fry
http://dailyreckoning.com/incarcerate-corzine/
CEOs that misplace $1.2 billion of client funds are criminals.
Does Corzine deserve his day in court? Absolutely. Lets give him several days in court after which lets give him several years in jail.
Perhaps there is a legitimate defense for Corzines overtly indefensible act. But we pity the poor defense attorney who has to come up with that one. In the heavily regulated, frequently audited and continuously marked-to-market world of broker-dealer operations, $1.2 billion does not simply go missing and if it does, the CEO absolutely, positively knows about it, if he did not directly authorize it himself.
Read more: Incarcerate Corzine http://dailyreckoning.com/incarcerate-corzine/#ixzz1gmxNwVnw
CEOs that misplace $1.2 billion of client funds are criminals.
Does Corzine deserve his day in court? Absolutely. Lets give him several days in court after which lets give him several years in jail.
Perhaps there is a legitimate defense for Corzines overtly indefensible act. But we pity the poor defense attorney who has to come up with that one. In the heavily regulated, frequently audited and continuously marked-to-market world of broker-dealer operations, $1.2 billion does not simply go missing and if it does, the CEO absolutely, positively knows about it, if he did not directly authorize it himself.
Read more: Incarcerate Corzine http://dailyreckoning.com/incarcerate-corzine/#ixzz1gmxNwVnw
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