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[buffaloboyinATL]

3 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

My buddy has a granddaughter named Llana. The extra “L” in the front is so that if you spell it backwards, you don’t get anything to be teased about. Who thinks of this stuff? 

I suppose the llama jokes beat the alternative.   

[BarleyNY]

1 hour ago, MJS said:

People go to jail for that all the time.

Occasionally. But rarely do those crimes ever make it to the authorities. On the occasions they do, those criminals don’t get the kind of sentence a bank robber (even an unarmed one) would. Meanwhile, anyone who holds up a bank is nearly 100% certain to be caught and successfully prosecuted. It may literally be the dumbest crime anyone can commit.

 

My wife spent her career in banking (C level) and has worked for several institutions. She was privy to a number stories of white collar financial crimes in different forms. From branch managers to C level execs. All got swept under the rug. Sometimes newspapers or other media had to be paid off to keep those stories out of the public eye.

 

The institutions are most concerned with maintaining their image. They don’t want investors or customers spooked. Both could hurt their stock price way more than anything an embezzler could do. Their secondary concern is recouping as much of their lost money as possible. I know of one non banking incident where the embezzler had to sell all of her family’s possessions and property plus borrow from her extended family to pay back what she took (and it was a lot). The company agreed not to prosecute if they got back every dollar - and they did. The saddest part of that one was that she screwed over the extended family who lent her the money and kept her out of jail.

30 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

My buddy has a granddaughter named Llana. The extra “L” in the front is so that if you spell it backwards, you don’t get anything to be teased about. Who thinks of this stuff? 

 

When naming our daughter we eliminated all names staring with an E because we didn’t want her initials to be EZ. We both liked Emily for a name too, but alas……

[DrDawkinstein]

3 hours ago, ddaryl said:

"Annals of history" refers to the collective, recorded history of a specific field, organization, or time period. It can be used to refer to a specific historical record, a chronicle of events, or the collection of all recorded history. 

 

You're an annal historian, got it. Hey, whatever floats your boat bro. No one is judging. Everyone needs a hobby.

[Augie]

2 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

 

When naming our daughter we eliminated all names staring with an E because we didn’t want her initials to be EZ. We both liked Emily for a name too, but alas……

 

A buddy grew up in a small town in Canada down the road from the Friggenesi sisters. I may have spelled that wrong, but it’s pronounced the Friggin’ Easy sisters. He spoke of them often. I’m not sure what mom and dad can do about that except try to get them married early! 🤣 

 

 

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[Ralonzo]

2 hours ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

I suppose the llama jokes beat the alternative.   

 

Why not both?

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

2 hours ago, Augie said:

 

My buddy has a granddaughter named Llana. The extra “L” in the front is so that if you spell it backwards, you don’t get anything to be teased about. Who thinks of this stuff? 

The kid's father: Tommy Swolb. 🤔

[BillsShredder83]

5 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

Really drives home the point that white collar crime is the way to go. Rob a bank and you’re getting caught and going away for decades. Embezzle from the same bank and they’ll fire you, but otherwise sweep it under the rug to keep it out of the media. Can’t spook customers or, more importantly, investors. 

When will the SEC step in to address blatant market manipulations from hedge funds stealing untold billions from investors?  Maybe before a bailout bankrupts the entire country again?  How about blatant insider trading from politicians that regulate a specific industry, and turn around and profit from those same industry/companies?  

 

4 hours ago, MJS said:

People go to jail for that all the time.

"Employees" who steal from their employers do.  Executives whose companies steal from any/every one DO NOT.  Company will pay a $1m fine for the crimes that brought in $1B profit... nobody goes to jail.

[eball]

5 hours ago, ddaryl said:

"Annals of history" refers to the collective, recorded history of a specific field, organization, or time period. It can be used to refer to a specific historical record, a chronicle of events, or the collection of all recorded history. 

 

Popular search term on YouPorn…

 

[BarleyNY]

44 minutes ago, BillsShredder83 said:

When will the SEC step in to address blatant market manipulations from hedge funds stealing untold billions from investors?  Maybe before a bailout bankrupts the entire country again?  How about blatant insider trading from politicians that regulate a specific industry, and turn around and profit from those same industry/companies?  

 

"Employees" who steal from their employers do.  Executives whose companies steal from any/every one DO NOT.  Company will pay a $1m fine for the crimes that brought in $1B profit... nobody goes to jail.

Agree with all, except from what I’ve seen in certain industries employees usually do not go to jail for embezzlement, etc. An important caveat to that statement is that these people were all in a position high enough up to be noticed by investors and customers and in an industry where that mattered a great deal. Some teller walking out with $5k of atm cash or something like that is getting prosecuted. 

 

As for the bigger problems in this country, not letting congress and other politicians trade with insider information would be a great start. 

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[Augie]

9 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

Agree with all, except from what I’ve seen in certain industries employees usually do not go to jail for embezzlement, etc.

 

OK, not an executive, but a guy who worked for me in a bank branch got away with $41,250 in cash. Yes, I remember the exact amount. Fairly clever, and right before a 3 day weekend so we couldn’t verify it was missing. He skipped town and I never saw him again. 

 

Fast forward a year or two, and word comes in that he was arrested in the LA airport. They just thought he looked suspicious, and he unraveled. No telling what else this con man was guilty of, but I know it started with a cruise in Mexico. 

 

He went to jail somewhere, and I hope to never see the creep again. My sister used to teach in a prison and quit when she started seeing her students back on the streets. 

[BarleyNY]

1 minute ago, Augie said:

 

OK, not an executive, but a guy who worked for me in a bank branch got away with $41,250 in cash. Yes, I remember the exact amount. Fairly clever, and right before a 3 day weekend so we couldn’t verify it was missing. He skipped town and I never saw him again. 

 

Fast forward a year or two, and word comes in that he was arrested in the LA airport. They just thought he looked suspicious, and he unraveled. No telling what else this con man was guilty of, but I know it started with a cruise in Mexico. 

 

He went to jail somewhere, and I hope to never see the creep again. My sister used to teach in a prison and quit when she started seeing her students back on the streets. 

 

That sucks for your sister. Ouch. 

 

The CEO-in-waiting who lost that opportunity due to some bad decisions made with hookers, drugs and their opportunistic pimp was the stupidest one I heard. Bank and personal money was involved there. Big money went to the local newspaper to keep that buried. But the bank branch manager only getting fired was the most surprising to me from a not going to jail standpoint due to how much was taken.

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

 

That sucks for your sister. Ouch. 

 

The CEO-in-waiting who lost that opportunity due to some bad decisions made with hookers, drugs and their opportunistic pimp was the stupidest one I heard. Bank and personal money was involved there. Big money went to the local newspaper to keep that buried. But the bank branch manager only getting fired was the most surprising to me from a not going to jail standpoint due to how much was taken.

 

Oh, the more digits you steal means that much more you can spend on your legal defense and cover up as needed. The big time bad guys have a better plan than my guy. 

 

My guy was slick enough to slip away, but he thought small and was impatient. This was about 1990 and we didn’t have the technology for security we have now. Had he stayed a few more months he would have figured out how to steal ten times that or more skirting security on wire transfers. I could have gotten millions. Sweet old Jeanne trusted me. 😂 

 

 

[Royale with Cheese]

7 hours ago, ShakAttack said:

 

Can relate. When I was in middle school had a buddy with a tv descrambler. Once word got out, he was the coolest kid in class.

 

Pavlov's dogs.....every time you think of your middle school buddy you get a little chub.

[Rousseauisnoschmo]

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