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There ARE a lot of unanswered questions, FSE. I watched a snarky Brian Ross clip - this money owed is front and center in defining his character in the press, IMO.

1. Regarding amount - here's what I've found so far:
An arbitration panel found Bales, Michael Patterson and Michael Patterson Inc. individually and jointly liable for $637,000 in compensatory damages, $637,000 in punitive damages, $216,500 in attorneys’ fees and several thousand dollars in other fees. Lawyer says Washington Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, Afghan killings suspect, recalls little Now what the heck does that mean? Individually and jointly? Which entity was supposed to pay what back?

The rest is where it gets murky for me.....that's why I asked if anyone else knew how this stuff worked. I believe, a complaint was made to NSAD (National Association of Securites Dealers) in May (or srping, 2000).

At some point, the case was reviewed and NSAD agreed there was something wrong. For some reason, Bales did not show up to the arbitration which I believed happened in 2003. I did find a NSAD disciplinary action that showed Robert Bales did acknowledge he had failed to respond to requests for testimony. NSAD Disciplinary Action, Nov, 2004

Most of this is greek to me. I'm with you....... how hard would it be to find him? A broker's SS No. would be known, and being enlisted would have made it pretty easy to locate him. Could this judgement/arbitration amount, whatever it was, be non-binding? IOW, did he, or anyhone, HAVE to pay these people this money?

this money owed is front and center in defining his character in the press, IMO.

Agreed. One really doesn't have anything to do with the other. Even assuming Bales maliciously stole this guy's money, that doesn't lead to potential mass murder after 10 years of outstanding military service.

OK, so the total amount is in the neighborhood of $1.5 million, so now we know.

Depending on when in 2003 the arbitration was, Bales may have been in Iraq on his first deployment.

There’s alot of detail in the article below about the goings on in the firms Bales worked for before he enlisted. Even though the writer attempts to disparage Bales to some degree it’s quite obvious that Bales was a minor player at best in a much larger criminal enterprise. He may well have had little or any knowledge of what he was involved in.

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11463664/1/afghan-shooter-was-penny-stock-cold-caller-for-mob-linked-firm.html

Bales CRD number is 2765462

On my previous post you can find the link to search his number at FINRA.

I have been registered and work in the industry for 35 years.