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Congressional probe: Corzine is to blame for MF Global fall
Chicago Tribune ^ | 11/14/2012 | Reuters

Posted on 11/14/2012 1:37:51 PM PST by aimhigh

Poor management decisions by MF Global's former CEO Jon Corzine triggered the brokerage firm's collapse, while lax protections for customer funds contributed to the loss of an estimated $1.6 billion of customer money, U.S. congressional investigators have determined.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: cftc; cme; corzine; democrat; democrats; goldmansachs; mfglobal; newjersey; nj; nobailoutforyou; rats; scandal; theft
How long has this taken?
1 posted on 11/14/2012 1:37:56 PM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

So the BTK’s twin bro will get a slap on the peepee and a stern warning?


2 posted on 11/14/2012 1:39:54 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: aimhigh

Shouldn’t this be put in the “No shit Sherlock” file?


3 posted on 11/14/2012 1:41:49 PM PST by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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But Corzine is a good Democrat. Good Democrats don’t do this sort of thing, do they????


4 posted on 11/14/2012 1:43:18 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego ('s)
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To: CriticalJ

Shouldn’t this be put in the “No shit Sherlock” file?

You took the words right off my laptop!


5 posted on 11/14/2012 1:44:33 PM PST by raisincane (November 6, 2012 - I'm announcing my retirement at work; becoming a taker.)
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To: aimhigh

That should read: “John Corzine (D-NJ) is to blame for MF Global fall”


6 posted on 11/14/2012 1:45:04 PM PST by magellan
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To: aimhigh

This is extremely bizarre.

“Lax protection for customer funds.” That’s an interesting way to describe using (supposedly) segregated customer funds to back up your own tanking risky trading schemes.

If they had no legal right to use these funds in this way, isn’t it theft and fraud, not just “laxity?”


7 posted on 11/14/2012 1:46:23 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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