Bombs Left At Charles Schwab's Office, Home

AP ^ | August 19, 2003 | n/a

[witnesstothefall]

The sheriff of Monterey County, Calif., says he knows of no specific threats against financier Charles Schwab.

Someone left bombs at Schwab's California home and and at an office for his stock brokerage Monday.

One device was on the doorstep of Schwab's home in Pebble Beach, Calif. The other was at a Charles Schwab office at a mall in Carmel, Calif.

Both packages had wires sticking out of them. The Santa Cruz County bomb squad used a robot to X-ray and detonate the devices. The X-ray showed items consistent with a bomb.

Monterey County Sheriff Mike Kanalakis saud the devices could have seriously injured or killed someone.

Kanalakis says investigators will be reviewing surveillance tapes from Schwab's home.

[witnesstothefall]

Somebody got a margin call they didn't appreciate.

[sam_paine]

Somebody got fed up with their cust svc dept. Me, I just moved my accounts out of Schwab to a new broker. But others prefer "thank you" packages, it seems.

[DonQ]

Could be a disgruntled investor -- altho Schwab's low prices are because his people are NOT advising on investments but only facilitating decisions made by the client on his own. Last week the Schwab firm announced it was dumping more than 200 employees, some of whom may be seriously cranked about losing their substantial paychecks.

[smiley]

Gee, just a few weeks back, Schwab announced they would no longer be contributing to the employee's 401k plan...does something "smell" here?

[Shermy]

Appears to be a hoax.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030819/ts_nm/financial_schwab_bomb_dc_1

[Cultural Jihad]

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