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FRANCE UPHOLDS SOROS CONVICTION (nailed for insider-trading)
NY POST ^ | June 15, 2006 | BLOOMBERG

Posted on 06/15/2006 2:42:44 AM PDT by Liz

George Soros failed in a bid to overturn an insider-trading conviction at France's highest appeals tribunal, but vowed to pursue an appeal.......

The Court of Cassation, the tribunal of last resort in France, yesterday upheld a March 2005 judgment that Soros violated the law when he bought Societe Generale SA shares in 1988 with knowledge that the bank might be a takeover target.

The Hungary-born financier....has been fighting the case for 17 years, will appeal......The verdict came as the 75-year-old former financier turned his attention from his investing career to political and charitable activities.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 200503; 200606; appeals; cultureofcorruption; france; georgesoros; insidertrading; nationalization; quantumfund; societegenerale; soros
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1 posted on 06/15/2006 2:42:46 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Mamzelle

ping


2 posted on 06/15/2006 2:43:09 AM PDT by Liz (The US Constitution is intended to protect the people from the government.)
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To: Liz
If Soros was a conservative finance mogul convicted of insider trading the Left would call for his head. That they instead hold him up as a hero reveals the hypocrisy of the Left.
3 posted on 06/15/2006 2:46:59 AM PDT by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: highlander_UW; Grampa Dave

B/c Soros is a Bush-hater, he gets special treatment.


4 posted on 06/15/2006 2:49:26 AM PDT by Liz (The US Constitution is intended to protect the people from the government.)
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To: Liz
OK, so he's guilty. What's the penalty in France (for anything?) Slap Soros upside the head with a wet poisson and he's off on his merry? ; )
5 posted on 06/15/2006 2:49:53 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Liz

"but vowed to pursue an appeal....... "

Sorry George, Bill Clinton can't get you out of this one . . . yet.

Maybe when he takes over the World?


6 posted on 06/15/2006 2:51:35 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: Liz

this calls for a united nations investigation.


7 posted on 06/15/2006 3:00:36 AM PDT by JohnLongIsland
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To: Liz
So George is Enron-esque. How sweet. The money being used to support moveon.org, and his other liberal causes was criminally obtained.
8 posted on 06/15/2006 3:48:29 AM PDT by rod1
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To: rod1

He has to have spent far more to defend himself than the potential fine. There must be some business penalty that kicks in if he is convicted.


9 posted on 06/15/2006 3:58:12 AM PDT by Thebaddog (Labs Rules! Brilliant!)
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To: rod1; Grampa Dave

We've known that for a long time----Soros has setup phony non-profits to "facilitate democracy" all over the world that are nothing but money laundering vehicles for crooked heads of state and multi-billionaires like himself looking to evade taxes.


10 posted on 06/15/2006 4:07:44 AM PDT by Liz (The US Constitution is intended to protect the people from the government.)
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To: JohnLongIsland

Snicker. Yeah, sure.


11 posted on 06/15/2006 4:08:48 AM PDT by Liz (The US Constitution is intended to protect the people from the government.)
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To: Liz
We'd be glad to extradite his ass back to France if they promise to keep him.
12 posted on 06/15/2006 4:53:52 AM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: Liz

rat culture of corruption!


13 posted on 06/15/2006 4:54:56 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (John Spencer: Fighting to save America from Hillary Clinton..)
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To: Liz

The last week or ten days has just been filled with good news.


14 posted on 06/15/2006 4:56:42 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: wolfcreek

I'll second that motion. LOL.


15 posted on 06/15/2006 5:08:50 AM PDT by Liz (The US Constitution is intended to protect the people from the government.)
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To: Liz

Naaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.... Who'da thunk?!


16 posted on 06/15/2006 6:37:24 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Liz; onyx; Ernest_at_the_Beach; george76

It will not happen, but wouldn't it be great if the Frogs really bust $oreA$$ and start the deconstruction of his evil empire.

If that happened, I might call off my boycott of Frog Products for a day and buy a very expensive bottle of French Champagne to toast $oreA$$ going to a French Jail.


17 posted on 06/15/2006 6:49:59 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: Liz

Any chance they could send him to Devil's Island?


18 posted on 06/15/2006 6:52:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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To: Grampa Dave
George Soros, convicted Felon !
19 posted on 06/15/2006 6:57:27 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76; Liz

Some of the funniest discussions I have had with left wing lunatics has been when I steered the discussion to $oreA$$ and refused go away.

Inspite of decades of their rants about evil rich Republicans, they refuse to talk about the really evil super rich $oreA$$. If something happened to $oreA$$ and his foundations, the Rat party would have a hard time surviving.


20 posted on 06/15/2006 7:04:18 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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