Jesus, people are stupid. Stop the world, I want to get off.

Oleson allegedly told the victims she had $1 million in private Facebook stock because her daughter had gone to school with the company's founders, the Oshkosh Northwestern reported.

Is this how finance works? I went to a Subway where Warren Buffet ate once. Is that worth anything?

The Northwestern also reported that Oleson also is facing drug charges. Police said they discovered a marijuana growing operation while executing a search warrant at her home in January.

I'm not even a little surprised.

"Authorities said Oleson obtained the documents from a Florida company that owns private Facebook stock by pretending she was interested in purchasing $1 million worth of shares."

So she faked the stock purchase docs? Or did she actually buy some shares from this 'Florida' company and counterfeit them?

I have some tulips for sale.

Some peoples is just weerarded. Facebook stock? Dat would be gweate!!!

BalugaJoe: I have some tulips for sale.

I'll buy them. Can you put them on my organ?

I went to the same high school as Buzz Aldrin and I still haven't received the call-up from NASA.

BalugaJoe: I have some tulips for sale.

And a bridge

Selling fake stocks goes beyond fraud and into the realm of the SEC and exchanges fraud. She might think it's a simple felony, but if they throw the book at her, she'll get 30 years. While the people that crashed the economy and cost the country billions get a few months, or maybe just probation.

Sign me right up for 10,000 green and blue shares, please, I heard those will be the most rare. The value can only go up, right? Facebook is alone in the market of social networks, and they have finally done it right. There will never be another company with a product as perfect as Facebook and in such a stable market. I feel like Facebook is being modest with their $100 billion IPO, they should just make it a cool trillion while they're at it, since there's like 500 million potential facebookers born every year. The sucker train will only board once, so may as well get as much as possible from the start.

/yeah, my train derailed from TFA
//Oshkosh always reminds me of airplanes, so there's the positive in the story.

BalugaJoe: I have some tulips for sale.

Tears of Christ?

The foreskin of baby Jesus?

Does Zucky get all litigious when anyone tries to start a site that ends in "book"? Like fer instance Farkbook, Funkbook or PeterFalkBook?

If they don't already, you can bet they will when the Street becomes the boss.

I thought you got shares based on the number of friends you had (weighted by their popularity of course).

How could she have possibly thought she was going to get away with this.

"Marianne Oleson is charged with 33 felony charges in Winnebago County Circuit Court."

The judge presiding over her case:



I weep for her eternal soul.

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As Facebook announces plans for going public with a stock offering, an Oshkosh woman has been charged with selling fake shares of the Internet social networking company.



B'Gosh.

vexle: I'm not even a little surprised.

I am.

As soon as I read "drug charges" I assumed she was either in possession of meth or was manufacturing meth. Wasn't expecting a grow-op.