Damn Republicans and their money grubbing cronies, They should all be....'

What's that? You say he's a Democrat? Oh, never mind.

1.2 billion dollars. let that sink in for a moment. 1.2 *billion* dollars. He lost 1.2 billion dollars and he's still walking around as a free man.

lets change gears for a moment. if you went to your boss and told him that you couldn't find...oh lets say $50k. So you go to your boss and say [insert giggle] 'hey boss, I lost $50k. gonna take an extra hour for lunch. want me to grab you a snack on the way back?' what do you think your boss would say to you? I can say that that my boss wouldn't be very happy about it. I'd also be in a jail cell so fast it'd make your head spin.

But Corzine lost $1.2 billion dollars. 'lost'. can't find it. when money goes missing in a bank, the default assumption isn't that aliens came and beamed the cash to alpha centauri....it's that someone high up the banks' food chain STOLE THE GOTDAMN MONEY!!!! you shut down the bank and send a legion of forensic accountants into the bank to find the money and gather evidence to see if you need to press charges. Why are we not doing this!?

I don't care if you are right wing, left wing, Republican, Democrat....Corzine should be sitting in a jail cell right now, not tooling around the country and free as a bird. if a large pile of cash just evaporated I want to know how and why that happened and where the money went. Corzine needs to explain where that money went...and if he can't find it, then shut down the bank and go over his books with a microscope. if evidence pops up that he stole that money, then he should be charged accordingly.

THIS is why people Occupy wall street. This is why people are mad as hell.

Weaver95: THIS is why people Occupy wall street. This is why people are mad as hell.

The notion that this isn't just about hippies who hate bootstraps working hard and more bootstraps doesn't fit in with my preconceptions.

I choose to go back to thinking that Occupiers are just lazy and jealous of success of others.

BillCo: Damn Republicans and their money grubbing cronies, They should all be....'

What's that? You say he's a Democrat? Oh, never mind.

It sounds like he is a Republican at heart.

BillCo: Damn Republicans and their money grubbing cronies, They should all be....'

What's that? You say he's a Democrat? Oh, never mind.

Bill's got to get that in at the start, because he knows no Democrat on here is going to defend Corzine. Unlike how the GOP rallies behind their criminals.

I used to develop financial systems like General Ledger, Tax Compliance and Remittance, etc. It is simply unacceptable to say it's lost. There has to be an audit trail somewhere. And if there isn't, then it's because someone either covered their tracks or removed the trail. And regular audits should have caught this well before it got into the billions.

Weaver95: Why are we not doing this!?

They probably are. The article mentions that he faces possible indictment. They're probably trying to make sense of his books right now, which by his statement "[I don't know] why the accounts have not been reconciled to date," indicates to me that the company's accounting system is in tatters.

Give it a week. If nothing happens, then you can vent your copious, bilious outrage.

Hm. I just read the article, and I didn't see anything about tents, protesting or camping in a park after hours, so I have to conclude no crime was committed.

If I am wrong, of course, pepperspray and arrest everyone involved. Preferably as violently as possible.

Shostie: the company's accounting system is in tatters.

My business users would have cried bloody murder and called for a full accounting if one of my systems was $10 off. This is too big for a tech error. Something very fishy happened/is happening.

Diogenes: Shostie: the company's accounting system is in tatters.

My business users would have cried bloody murder and called for a full accounting if one of my systems was $10 off. This is too big for a tech error. Something very fishy happened/is happening.

Oh, I agree.

Whoa.... all you hippy libtards need to settle down.

We can't just start jailing job creators because of a minor accounting discrepancy.

That'll upset the markets and then there will be no jobs left for anyone.

I'm sure that the money will turn up eventually.

....in the Caymans

where is the MFing money!?

lennavan: I agree with you but I don't see why that evidence is even necessary. How does this article not read as an admission of guilt? "Yeah, you gave me $1.2 billion but it's gone now. Where? I dunno." Presumably the argument goes something like - that money was given in anticipation of services rendered. Those services were never rendered. He either has to render said services or pay the money back. Or else it's theft.

He should absolutely be in jail right now.

Really, running a company that can't account for more than a million dollars of client money should be a felony. Even if they can't prove the money was stolen, it should still be a crime to simply lose a million dollars. Much less one thousand two hundred million dollars.

Everybody makes mistakes. Yeesh. Give the guy a damn break.

I've got a blowtorch and a pair of pliers that say I can find out where the money is within five minutes.

OldManDownDRoad: I've got a blowtorch and a pair of pliers that say I can find out where the money is within five minutes.

You're welcome to try, but he might have offloaded the detailed planning to subordinates so he could make carefully worded denials without subjecting himself to successful prosecution for perjury. If he did all you get for your effort is a burned and twisted ex-politician.

Like I said, you're welcome to try.

JohnAnnArbor: Diogenes: BillCo: Damn Republicans and their money grubbing cronies, They should all be....'

What's that? You say he's a Democrat? Oh, never mind.

Bill's got to get that in at the start, because he knows no Democrat on here is going to defend Corzine. Unlike how the GOP rallies behind their criminals.

Like..............?

Remember the Florida congressman who sent suggestive chat messages to an underage page? The Republican leadership told him to get out, and NOW (He did).

The Democrats has a congressman actually sexually abuse a page, like Sandusky, and he is considered a minor hero and trailblazer for the Democrats.

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ZAZ: OldManDownDRoad: I've got a blowtorch and a pair of pliers that say I can find out where the money is within five minutes.

You're welcome to try, but he might have offloaded the detailed planning to subordinates so he could make carefully worded denials without subjecting himself to successful prosecution for perjury. If he did all you get for your effort is a burned and twisted ex-politician.

Like I said, you're welcome to try.

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD.