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Former Mayor Of Second Largest Greek City Sentenced To Life For Embezzling €17 Million
Now here is a headline one will never find in the US: "Former mayor, local officials sentenced to life for embezzlement."
This headline comes from Greece, which due to the country's insolvency, is finally back to the anachronistic practice of holding elected officials in positions of power accountable for their actions because the people are understandably angry and seek justice. Other "developed" countries have the luxury of distracting the public with such trivial sideshows as the Criss Angel school of levitating wealth effects and other illusions which have managed to delay the day of comparable reckoning for now. Hopefully Bernanke can continue his wholesale assault against savers for years and years, or else one may just get the US mainstream media reporting of such atrocities against the status quo in the US.
From AP:
A court in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki has convicted three of the city's former top officials, including a former mayor, and sentenced them to life imprisonment for embezzling more than €17 million from the municipality.
Former mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, who was also previously a junior government minister, insisted he had not been involved in any embezzlement. The municipality's former general secretary, Mihalis Lemousias, and former treasurer Panagiotis Saxonis were also given life sentences.
All three are to be jailed later Wednesday.
Two former financial directors were sentenced to 10 and 15 years each, and were released pending their appeal.
And the man with the lots of letters in his name himself who wishes he was in Zihuatanejo:
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Hang the fuckers.
In the US, it would result in a $1000 fine and no admission of wrongdoing.
or they would look the other way as is currently happening in most cities.
Accountable?
Accountability?
I don't get it. It's all Greek to me.
In the US, he'd get sentenced to a third term in office.
Is that Atlantic Shitty job taken? He'd be perfect!
shouldnt they just send them to armandhammermendagja in iran....he seems to know how handle these situations
Where's Corzine??
Union leadership ... Corzine style :
« The head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union has been arrested ... Elba Esther Gordillo, who has led the 1.5 million-member National Union of Education Worker for 23 years, was detained in Toluca on Tuesday on charges that she embezzled about $160 million from union funds ... »
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/02/201322724427206838.html
In the US, politicians only get severe prison sentences if they talk smack about a bank.
Give them asylum in US and citizenship, they are very qualified.
Someone forgot that even the pols need to make campaign contributions
Here's Johnny.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79201873@N08/8514257852/in/photostream
Seriously, I would have thought "sentenced to life in exile" might be closer to the truth.
I thot they got a hefty bonus for that kind of behavior in the US.
>In the US, it would result in a $1000 fine and no admission of wrongdoing.<
And then Goldman Sucks would hire them and give them a bonus.
And a contract like turbo tax cheat Timmy's to write a tell all book, and sell the movie rights.
Get a rope, it'll save the Greek taxpayers a lot of money.
Exactly, there is no tax monies to support him in prison anyway. Show the world some real consequences and only then will these fuckers change their bad behavior (if only for a little while).
He only stole $17 million.
Bernanke is rolling over laughing at such an amateur.
PUBLIC HANGINGS!!
What a dumb-ass. Either you embezzle 17 million or you stay in the country. You do not do both.
Cute.
Go -Ice-land or BUST!!
Olala, pardon me, I forgot it's a beautiful-beautiful Spring in the Mediterranean -- oh well, back to getting a tan for the 99% of the population.
A tan and a nice round of anal for everyone.
Opa! No really, my first +100 green arrow comment, on the Dimon thread this morning!
Today, I am King! Cheetos and handjobs, for all my men!
Mind-Freak economy!
Wont do a damned thing unless they arrest and jail the bankers who gave him 17 million.
If you dont arrest the bankers, they will just keep buying your politicians.
It's the corrupt Greek government's way of throwing a bone to the masses before the next wave of new cuts get announced in June.
Move along, nothing to see here.
You won't see that type of justice in the US because our bankers are working on putting their heads in one of those FEMA camp guillotines.
They should go after anyone Goldman to get the truth flowing.
Europe needs to learn from the US. We have the best criminal minds in the world. Hank Paulson and Corzine make these people look like punks.
Never mind life.
Peel, or boil this fucker alive from cold.
You dont authorities, I can give you a cast iron guarantee, we will. We are fucking sick to the back teeth of the shit these grifting fucking parasites are getting away with.
Either you stop it. Or we will, and if we, meaning people like me do it, you go with them.
You fucking "Looking the other way while crime is being commited boys, we get a bonus in our pay check", you lot go with them.
Cunts
With ur slingshot?
+10 for enthusiasm.
Trust me mate,
Unless I meet you in America where I can get my hands on a gun, if you meet me here in Englishtan at 50 feet or less, you are dead.
All in good jest of course, keep up the good work friend. I have no fucking doubt the good will prevail.
We always do.
This place ZH gives me heart. There are many good minded, thoroughly nice chaps and women on here it makes me smile knowing that when the game comes down, there really are some genuine folk out there in the wilderness.
We will be alright in the end. We will see to this, its only a flesh wound.....
Inthemix96 said:
I have no doubt whatsoever about your determination, not to mention your proficiency with a catapult (slingshot).
What many people forget is that all it takes to obtain a firearm, even in Royal Windsorstan, is to incapacitate someone who is already carrying one.
Slingshots, arrows, and other far less conventional items are capable of this.
Agreed. And you're certainly not alone over there. For some reason the page below reminds me of your "screw the bastards" attitude. Some blighter took the original page down, but this archive still exists:
http://web.archive.org/web/20121021071044/http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gats...
Theforthstooge-ing,
It will be a glorious day when we all meet up and declare victory over these bastards who are either peodophiles, thieves, and liars.
We WILL be victorious my friend. And it will give me more than a smile when one of her majestys finest comes at me while I put a quarter nay half inch ball bearing through his head, silently, or his heart. We are indefatiguable friend. We are legion. We hold the hard card.
And on top of the lot stooge, they should have left my kids alone. They didnt. And as long as I have a hole in my arse, I will make it my personal endeavour to make sure they will. Not every one is a shy away keyboard warrior. The world is about to find out gloriously who isnt. Godspeed mate. Take care.
Hey tha's my home town here on ZH
Perhaps you could impart those skills to me. I do like the idea of ball bearings for ammo. Went to a gun show last month & didn't want to buy until I had shot it. Nice little Ruger. Can't buy it now as they're nowhere to be had. At least in the heart of Redneckistan.
Willygroper.
Try and source a barnett "Diablo" catapult, absolutley the best bet for a "slingshot". The "Black Widow" what they make is alright but not up to the right out power of a diablo.
I can myself hit a coke can, with up to a half inch ball bearing at at least 50 yards. And trust me on this, these things make no noise, none at all. To top it off, its great fun "getting your eye in" using them. Watch out for riquoche mind, quarter inch is big enough, half inch will kill you.
And try power bands on them, that takes the silent shot nearly 70 yards, in straight line. Its all us Englishers like me use. For rats of course.....
:-)........ Take care mate.
Inthemix96: Something you may be interested in. Convert your catapult into a dual use slingshot / slingbow that also fires arrows quite accurately and silently: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQSj91PXjal
Here in Canuckistan I used to have all the firearm & hunting licenses back in the 80's but let them lapse due to not using them. I never did like the idea of "registering" guns or "begging" the .gov for a license to hunt (or to cathch a fucking fish for Khrist Sake). These days I just buy various Co2 & pump pellet guns that don't require any license. My latest purchase was a pretty good quality replica Colt Python 357 Co2 with nice holster and 4 - 10 round mags included for a mere $80. Pellet guns ain't the real thing but they still hurt like fuck and can ruin your day if you get shot with one.
Cheers from the colonies mate!
Cheers angus.
Wilco mate, thanks.
He who laughs last, laughs loudest, and all that jazz.
Keep on keeping on mate. I will be alright mate, I know I will, they wont, Cunts.
Take care, I say it a lot but I mean it. :-)
Brother, enough of us are feeling exactly the same. This global circle jerk is gonna get fuckin ugly....
Inthemex96 you bring a pair of real cheap Chicom pliers (Globalisation Irony) I fancy using a good old Oxy-Acetylene touch... real slow. Get Medieval on their arses.
3% is all it will take...
Cunts
Rogue Trooper,
I am right at your side mate.
I personally have had enough. I have two children, 16 and 12. I may have been an ignorant cunt, a bit slow, a bit fucking naive, but the buck stops with me, they should leave me and my kids alone.
They didnt, and if it has anything to with me, they will.
Its going to take people like you and me to bring this game to its final and inevitable conclusion.
And you know what? I fucking cannot wait friend. They started it, us fucking citizens will finish it. Game on mate. Lets give these fuckers war
True mate, many here will have a similar story.
Could be wrong but if you are in the UK... you can still get a bolt action (get a 308), a shot gun or even a .22 rimfire. All good in the right hands. Will be a nightmare with the rules and red tape but it can be done.... then you practice.
Went the SHFT you will be able to pick up some better toys at her Majesties local army base... An L85A2 is not exactly an M1A but hey you cannot be too fussy LOL!
ZH rocks and we come from all over the world. I better put some Iron Maiden on in the car later. Weekend Warrior seems appropriate ;)
Hmmm, thinking about this further.... "Out in the Fields" would be a better tune? ;)
We are inherantley inventive over here rouge.
I have a not rigged up mains tazer running 240 volts with a 50 foot cord. Guns in my opinion (its the way we are here as we cant get them) are to personal. If I want to hurt you, if you hurt me, I want the pain to linger mate.
Us limeys are not soft mate, far from it. I would have bernank screaming for his mother in 5 minutes.
I only have to do this to mark carney or merv the swerve now.
Or people like me will.... Take care mate.
And there I was thinking everyone here in the UK was sound asleep. You Gents give me hope. Not long before the UK ignites now, getting all of my preparations in order:
Whiskey - Check.
2 by 4 - Check.
Rope - Check.
Mass protests in Bulgaria, France, Spain, Greece, Canada. It's coming.....
Having spent just a couple of days once in a Greek jail,I can assure
you that the conditions were terrible.That was back when they had
money for food and facilities.I can barely concieve of what they must be like now.
The life sentence will be short and painfull.Justly deserved to boot.
Do tell. :)
Charged with smuggling.
I was, but not the items in the charge.
Hole in the floor bathroom,moldy food,once a day,and your back needed
to be against the wall at all times.Not called Greek style for nothing.
Was aquitted.
The thought of that made my sphincter hurt. Yikes!
This is a sign that the situation is getting precarious in Greece. Otherwise they'd never shove "one of their own" under the bus.
I was thinking along the same lines that he forgot to pay someone. now he'll pay to stay out
Hey, give the guy a break! Its just part of his employment package with retirement and severance rolled in. Nothing a good American public servant would do for himself through collective bargaining, right?
CONGRATS !!! WELL DONE !!! 1 LESS, MANY MORE STILL TO GO !!! CHEERIO !!!
just broken plates compared to american crimes
Memo to banksters and politicians: This too, could be you....
Nah, we won't let them off that easy.
P.S. Fuck You Jamie Dimon!
P.S.S That useful idiot Krugman is MINE. Nice and slow....
i have to take issue with the article's conclusion that government officials are NOT punished in the US for financial crimes such as embezzlement. note the following"
"ROCKFORD, Ill. — A former city bookkeeper was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Thursday for embezzling more than $53 million from her Illinois community, in what ranks as one of the worst abuses of public trust in the state's corruption-rich history."
this is the first of several trials and sentences she faces. next she will be prosecuted by the Feds. true it is not a life sentence but given the fact that she is in her late 50's it looks like she will be spending much of her golden years in some type of prison.
ten there is the case of Jesse jacson jr who has pleaded guilty to theft of campaign funds and will be spending 4-5 yrs in jail.
Here in Illinois, we carefully watch our political class, except when we don't
Rita Crundwell Sentencing: Nearly 20 Years For Ex-Comptroller Who Stole $53 Million From Town (Dixon,IL)Small fish, she's expendable and NOT a jew or a mason.
She didn't spread it around the right places.
Bullish news...
http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/02/27/israel-hizbullah-got-scud-d-missi...
Israel: Hizbullah got Scud D missiles from Syria with 700 km rangehttp://freebeacon.com/beijing-war-prep/
China moves mobile missiles near coast amid tensions with Japan over islands
United States intelligence agencies recently detected China’s military shifting road-mobile ballistic missiles closer to its southern coast near the disputed Senkaku Islands amid growing tensions between Beijing and Japan over the islands dispute.
U.S. defense officials said the movements are being watched closely as China’s military is also holding large-scale military exercises that some fear could be a trigger for a conflict with Japan that could involve U.S. forces.
So it's confirmed...
And there's credible reports of heavy fire/fire bombs activity in Cairo...
Shit going down fast...
When the Rothchild/Zionist banksters want war we WILL have war!
"‘We’ve been fighting a war for the past 18 months, which is the harbinger of World War III. The world is going to fight, whether they like it or not. I’m sure,’ Ra’anan Gissin, a senior adviser to [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon, said n an interview Friday." Stephanie Innes, Arizona Daily Star, March 18, 2003
His cell mate is Bubba the Greek. Bring plenty of soaps on your way to jail mr. mayor.
We don't embezzle money in the US, we "invest in green energy".
At least he's guaranteed 3 hots' and a cot, for the rest of his life. The rest of the Greeks should hope to be so lucky. The irony<
Yen,
"At least he's guaranteed 3 hots' and a cot..."
You've never been to prison I can tell! If you like to eat shit and freeze your ass, check in sometime. I have family in low-security camp (anyone can get nabbed for 'conspiracy') and they know how to make you miserable and feed you spoonsize shit and garbage. and medical care? Ha! you'll do better going to an african witch doctor.
I hear greek prisons are a lot worse. Hanging these guys would probably be doing them a favor.
i hope he likeas it greek style
Of course he does, he's Greek!
The former mayor was once Greece's top sprinter as well as a medal winner at various European games.
Now at last they have caught up to him.
The problem for Greece is that these sorts of sentences should have been handed out earlier and more often as a warning to others and as an assurance to the masses that justice is in fact blind and not just cross eyed.
Unfortunately this will not cure the system given the quadruple barrelled schizophrenia of austerity, tax increases, wage and pension cuts and unemployment. How any nation is supposed to gain traction under such circumstances is beyond me.
Was he not ex-Goldman in charge of Compliance? or was it JPM?
Timmah has recently been admitted to the CFR and is ready to be ambassador to greece such that they can properly enforce taxation to prevent this type of malfeasance.
Keynes admitted that the purpose of taxation in his model is to prevent bubbles by way of actors being taxed if they decide to do so. /sarc
Greece leads the way on law and order in the world. What a sad commentary.
If the Greeks stay on this path their economy and country will improve.
Not bad actually, someone got held accountable for something.
Damn, there goes my armageddon vision.
/R
One headline I would like to see :
Former presidents Bill Clinton, Bush Sr., Bush Jr. and Obama scheduled to be executed by hanging for treason this evening at 8PM EST live on all tv channels.
So, what do you think? This guy got any chance of getting on the Fed Board?
Didn't the ancient Greeks have a system where public officials could be held liable up to 7 years after leaving office?
In America, criminal politicians get a free pass before, during, and after office.
U know what Marc Faber says - "governments are inherently evil"
If you look at the last century death toll he may be on to something.
This Greek guy is a piker. Rita Crundwell stole $53 million all by herself from the little town of Dixon. If you're gonna steal, steal big. To paraphrase The Donald, if you steal $17 or $53 million, they own you, but if you steal $1 trillion, then you're Too Big To Fail.
"The fraudulent conversion of another's property by a person who is in a position of trust, such as an agent or employee."
Look out Wall Street, Money Managers, Financial Advisors, marketer of "commodities", et alii!
i am glad to see justice served, but it's too bad the bigger sharks are still free spreading financial terrorism.....it sure would be nice to see jamie 'i am richer than you' dimon in an orange jumpsuit for life. however, from what i understand, he is under interpol investigation and probably has a death warrant hanging over him....
Swing you fuckers, the party has started!
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/30/iran-fraud-idINL6E8IU8QM20120730
Well maybe Executive Outcomes has a new job now?