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PFG's Chairman Was Forging Bank Documents For Years Even As The CFTC Gave An "All Clear"
If there is an event that should cost Gary Gensler his job as head regulator at the CFTC, it is this. According to a just released Reuters report, the head of MFG(lobal) part 2, PFG, whose story we broke yesterday, Russell Wasendorf Sr. "intercepted and forged bank documents for more than two years to cover up hundreds of millions of dollars in missing money, a person close to the situation." Once Wasendorf realized he was caught, and knew the implications of his actions would be exposed for the whole world to see, he tried to commit suicide, and failed. "Wasendorf, 64, is reported to be in a coma after a suicide attempt Monday morning, according to a complaint filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday that accuses Wasendorf and Peregrine of fraud." And while crime happens all the time, what is truly stunning is that as we reported previously, the CFTC gave the firm a clean bill of health in its January inspection of Peregrine Financial Group. That's 6 months ago. The CFTC, as a reminder, was it regulator. The entity whose sole charge is to make sure that firms at least have real, not rehypothecated, cash in their segregated client bank accounts. PFG never did for the past two years. And somehow the CFTC missed this. MF Global was a warning shot, and the CFTC missed it entirely. And not only that but 2 months later ir pronounced PFG clean. For this Gensler has to be fired immediately, and with prejudice.
More from Reuters:
The source offered new details on how Wasendorf allegedly carried out the deceit, which involved the forging of confidential documents that the NFA uses to verify a broker's cash balance with its depository institution.
Wasendorf intercepted these documents after they were mailed by the NFA, the broker's first-line regulator, to U.S. Bank, where PFGBest had said it had well over $200 million on deposit, the person said. The NFA has said the account actually held just $5 million this week.
Wasendorf had set up a post office box in Cedar Falls, Iowa, according to a second person involved in the matter. It was to that post office box that NFA sent the documents, which were addressed to the bank.
The post office box was neither in Wasendorf's name nor registered to the bank, the second person said.
Wasendorf then forged signatures and fabricated bank balances on the documents and simply mailed them back to the Chicago-based NFA, the person said.
Calls to spokespeople for PFGBest and NFA were not returned. A woman who answered the phone at the home of Wasendorf declined to comment.
If anyone deserves some credit here, it is the NFA:
The scheme apparently began to unravel after the NFA began to press Wasendorf, who was an early advocate of electronic trading, to allow the regulator to confirm balances electronically and directly with the bank, rather than in a hard copy via mail, the person said.
NFA "started getting suspicious. He was resisting this new way of confirming the balance," the source said.
Wasendorf only recently signed the authorization, a decision that would quickly have led regulators to uncover the discrepancy, the person said. PFGBest's total segregated funds requirement was around $400 million, meaning more than half is missing.
Finally the spin: PFG is not MFG, it is Madoff.
While news that a second broker in less than a year appears to have misappropriated customer funds drew immediate comparisons to the MF Global failure in October, the source said the prolonged nature of the apparent deceit drew a more fitting parallel to the Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff, though the size of the funds missing from PFGBest is tiny by comparison.
Well thank god for that: the farmers whose money is now forever gone can sleep much better knowing their cash was not Corzined, it was merely Made-off.
Of course, the real problem is that since there was only $5 million in the "client fund", there never likely was more than $5 million in real cash terms to begin with.
And this is what the CFTC signed off on.
Cur Congressional banana hearings, witch trials, and more fingerpointing which will result in more of the same: a former Goldmanite in charge of the CFTC, and virtually no hope that anything in these broken capital markets will ever be fixed until the big reset finally sweeps all this toxic garbage away.
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His 'Luis Dega' life awaits on PAPILLION ISLAND...
Captain Edward J. Smith of the Titanic.......all clear.
Unfortunately this must mean he will be the next Treasury Secretary. Gotta hit a high bat average to warm that seat!
Regards,
Cooter
Outraged Tyler is outraged.
I nominate Turd Feguson for Gensler's seat. Thumbs up if you agree. Down if I'm an idiot. Maybe you should be able to hit both buttons...
William K Black
Good fuckin' call, PM. +15.8 trillion
Death by Bongo.
"Wasendorf, 64, is reported to be in a coma" ...in the Cayman Islands?
Good choice if only because Charles Keating wanted him dead.
Totally agree PM. I think Black is our last chance...and therefore TPTB will never let it happen. Sigh.
I nominate Chumbawamba.
If he declines, then Cognitive Dissonance/
Chumbawumba. Oh yeah, baby.
The Carnage. The Carnage.
If nominated I will not run. If elected I will not serve.
(BTW what does the position pay.........just in case...........you know.............ummm............never mind.:>)
<humor tag for the humor impaired>
"The LORD detests the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights."
-Proverbs 11:1
New living Translation
Everyone either is rewarded or, pays in the end.
I thought Tyler understood how the system work. Overlooking this kind of shit is exactly why Gensler has his job. To think otherwise would be to believe that the regulatorly bodies are actually there to prevent fraud in the system, which is akin to believing in unicorns, fairies and wizards.
Yes, until caught and then the Genz is the fall guy is my take.
"The Chicago Way." Surprised anyone things any different in these here parts. Hell the President was even in Iowa "asking for your vote!" How about he start by having his AG arrested and taken to Gitmo? I know I wouldn't be too happy to know the "you know who" are up to it again! How 'bout that healthcare bill Mr. President! Shall we talk War in Syria! No? Really? Hmmmm. Go figure. Oh, look! It's Angela Merkel on Line One sir! i wonder what she wants!???
Wasendorf would have been in the clear if he had continued to use magic markers and crayons on yellow legal pad on those intercepted mail docs. He probably could have enlisted Gensler's help.
It was only when he began substituting typed (air quotes) official looking (close air quotes) fraudulent docs, that looked real, that the NFA and CFTC became suspicious. "Somethin jus didn't luk rit," claimed an unnamed CFTC source to FT. (You fuck with the mail... You go to jail),
As for the $200M? That's "Weekend at Bernies" money for Jaime. Holder doesn't even answer the phone for that.
And I'm also guessing that the PFG traders weren't looking at their monthly statements. Oh, wait...
Wasendorf was intercepting those also!
This is America - CrazyCooter,
No one with a title of Manager or Above gets fired with prejudice. Its just not done. It would brand a person as incomptent and delelict in his duties. Cant have that especially for an ex Goldmanite favorate son.
Gensler's not going anywhere. But the guy who cleans his office is looking at 20 years of hard time for his involvement.
With all due respect to gays, (including my brother) I'm an old ex-marine and I mean only an expletive of stress in a combat situation.
YOU COCKSUCKING, MOTHERFUCKING, PIECES OF SHIT, CUNT, MOTHERFUCKING PIECES OF SHIT!
Semper fi , bro !
The NAVY invented sex...
MARINES invented sex with women...
As per Sid, in Ken Burns' movie "The War"...about WWII: The Marine recruiter told him "you can't enlist in the Navy anyway......because your parents are married."
Marines.
Why the Navy doesn't need goats aboard ships.
Olde US Navy adage.
Semen
Naval personnel
USMC knowledge.
My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment
The Guadacanal Seabees told me that to be an Army Ranger you had to be an orphan.... Probably something about not having to write letters to the survivors etc.
hey now
No no no.
The Marines invented sex by the Buddy System.
Two by two...
Can we have his fucking waterboy, Bart Chilton, handcuffed to Gary's ankle when the boat sails? I don't want to see that CUNT even trying to stand tall as he goes.
Just in case you didn't get the emphasis Bart: CUUUUUUUUNT!
Saaay...isn't Chilton a "regulator"?
This won't go over well with the regulate first ask questions later crowd ;-)
He's a storefront manequin with a loop recorded message.
lol...touche'
Saaaay... isn't PFG's Chairman a "private businessman?"
This won't go over well with the free market first ask questions later crowd. ;-(
;-)
You're a private business "man" aren't you?
I am. Do you think I should be eliminated because the PFG private businessman was corrupt?
Clearly you need more regulation because of him.
I am heavily regulated and doing just fine. And I am a small business. The problem as I see it is the large corporations and banks which are regulated on the books but not in practice due to capture of our government.
Tmosley
I finally figured you out. You work for a big company and in advocating the elimination of regulation, you are talking your book. Tell me I'm wrong. What do you do?
"Do you think I should be eliminated because the PFG private businessman was corrupt?"
No, the question is, do you think other private business men should be eliminated because one private business man was corrupt?
That is what happens to "marginal" businesses just starting out when over regulated. Regulation can also act as the friend of the monopoly...that is, large corps, as it cuts down on the competition who do not have the staff to comply with the complexity and expense of compliance.
Think about it.
Of course I don't think that one private business man's corruption should end business. I am in business, unlike you. I have been advocating for a long time that we need to gut our regulatory system and take money out of govenment because regulation is a friend of big business. You, on the other hand, have been advocating getting rid of government regulation almost completely. Have you come around to my point of view?
"I am in business, unlike you."
I was introduced to what my accountant called an intangible tax...when I had my own business.
A curious contrivance of the state that says once one buys a piece of equipment or fixed asset they must continue to pay a tax yearly. I said no, shove it...it was the principle of the thing.
Point being, you're wrong again...I've been a private actor twice (legally) ;-)
"I have been advocating for a long time that we need to gut our regulatory system and take money out of govenment because regulation is a friend of big business."
Well, thats news to me, I don't read every one of your comments.
"You, on the other hand, have been advocating getting rid of government regulation almost completely."
I've already told you I'm not an anarchist...you can't possibly be confusing me with anyone else...so I'll take "almost" as it was intended?
"Have you come around to my point of view?"
Doubtful...but I do hold out "hope" for you...lol...your first reaction last night was more regulation and regulators...mine was jail on the regs we already have on the books.
A distinct difference.
You can depreciate the equipment etc. And my guess is you never had enough personal property to trigger intangible.
Putting that aside, you misunderstand me. I advocate for more effective regulation and elmination of entire arms of captured government. I want more regulation and less fake regulation. Absent taking our government back from the big corporations who you believe should run the world, we are all screwed.
"You can depreciate the equipment etc. And my guess is you never had enough personal property to trigger intangible."
lol...my accountant would be shocked, shocked I say, to learn that and wrong guess again. But lets not get side tracked.
My point is...laws, regulation and taxes are a burden on business always. Small business bears a higher burden by virtue of their size. Regulation is more easily borne by a large corp...not a small one. The more regulation you have, the less small biz, the more monopoly status of the large...less competition against the large.
If you can't see that this is a "hopeless" exchange.
"I advocate for more effective regulation and elmination of entire arms of captured government."
Well,so do I. Dept of Ed...DHS...Energy...HHS...its a very long list.
"Absent taking our government back from the big corporations who you believe should run the world, we are all screwed."
You do realize governments are nothing but a variation of a big corporation don't you?
The only real difference is a government can legally take your life or property by force and you have no recourse except to meet it with force. The shareholders (us) are the ones who give it that power for one reason and one reason alone...that they use that power sparingly to enforce law evenly and fairly across the board. When it doesn't, we dissolve the corporation.
Think about it, right down to the "letters of incorporation"...or as is commonly known...a constitution.
We never separate old friends. Book them on the next transport.
Don't they jump out of windows anymore???
No.
Many have no shame anymore...no guilt...no honor...no pride...no integrity...no ethics...no morals...no values.
Nothing but hollow shells.
They are bereft of what makes them recognizable as human beings...and its not just in "high finance" either.
Most modern skyscrapers don't have windows that open (easily).
No, they become Governors and Senators for the state of New Jersey.
Road Camp 13. Both of them.
"Boss, the plane!"
A financial system to be operating as honestly as possible requires three components. Firstly some degree of conscience. Secondly some level of safeguards. And thirdly if the above fail, there has to be swift and effective punishment.
Given that all three components are severely lacking, one is forced to rely on previous metals which are immune to theft by the above.
Devil's Island indeed.
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God HELP US..This video shows this man pulled over and asked if he was a "citizen". If this happens, follow him..
Welcome to the Police State!http://economicaldepression.blogspot.ca/
The Allstate guard dog commercial comes to mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhyQgskfjNc
The SCOAMF has to go first. ...
... then we can worry about the other vermin.
barliman
Cue progressive noise that we need more regulatory oversight
we needz moar reguritory overseas.
(+1)... lol ~ only COUGAR could be so succinct!... :-)
~~~
Wait... shuld ida mizspeled dat?
It's LOLcat.
cooger pls
If it leads to more bankers in comas, why not ?
, bankers , bankers , bankers ,
I prefer the sentiment that these agencies are merely understaffed and underfunded. If we just make them BIGGER and give them MORE MONEY with MORE STAFF with the right people in place the whole world will rejoice and every man gets a handjob and orgasms for the ladies. Unicorns shitting skittles baby.
We would get better Porno Channels if they got bigger...
Free subscription to YouPorn for all regulators. That is the ticket.
Well, there goes the fuggin budget.
Quanitative skeezing....
progressive = marxist
There is no reason to have new laws if we don't enforce the ones that are already on the books. New laws are nothing more than dangling carrots for the sheep.
Dear Sirs,
This is outrageous!
Both Mr. Russell Wasendorf Sr. & Gary Gensler must be dealt with harshly and promptly!
I demand a full and impartial investigation of this egregious matter that, quite frankly, shocks the conscience of those of us who "play by the rules."
The financial system, the American People, and account holders at PFG deserve justice and relief.
Sincerely,
Jon S. Corzine
Former United States Senator (D-NJ), Former Governor of New Jersey, Former CEO of Goldman Sachs, Former CEO of MF Global (a former Primary Dealer), and prominent Obama Bundler
Sincerely,
Honorable Jon S. Corzine
fixed it for ya.
Honorable "fucking laughing all the way to the bank you can't touch me, motherfucker, LOL" Jon S. Corzine
Yes he signs off every letter exactly like that -- exactly -- giggling the whole time.
Except his personal secretary makes him clean it up before she'll send anything he's written.
LOL
Best comment ever! Thanks for BIG laugh.
The big deflationary reset.
CFTC needs to be sued by all account holders of both the M****** F*****s! People can actually sue them too.
enough is enough of the stealing of people's money. It seems there is not one broker or bank that can be trusted at all. You certainly can't trust the govt. agencies that are suppose to be regulating them.
Hang 'em all! Let God sort 'em out!
enough is enough of the stealing of people's money.
You ain't seen notin yet. Wait till they grab your 401k's.
in reality, this has probably already happened...
I think the geezer is talking about when congress does it formally out in the open, but yeah.
Think about this for a just second.
The "Bush tax cuts for rich" end 2013. Dividends and Capital gains get taxed a 39% and 28% (plus additional 3.9% with recent court O-care ruling) above $250K ("The Rich").
With imminent inflation (pending the next FED QE installment(s)) your $5 dollars left in your 401K after inflation will be worth $5 million nominal eventually... thus you are now scumbag millionaire when you cash in your whole $5MM 401K to buy a single can of cat food for a last meal when you retire and report to the death panel, you then owe anywhere form 32%-to-43% on your windfall sale for a gain of $4.99MM. Pay up and kindly die.
That is how it is done "in the open".
The mechanism is already in place ;-)
When it's done it will seem to many as a proper and patriotic thing to do help the good old USofA prevail against China/Iran/whatever boogeyman they create. It will seem especially proper to those who don't have a 401K. The theft can't be done just outright so real people will die to give them the excuse.
as the visionary comedian George Carlin predicted back in the 90 is
It's theit own fault, nobody is forced to save in a 401k.
"It's not a lie, if you believe it..." George Costanza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn_PSJsl0LQ
"This wine is the blood of Christ, and this bread is the body................."
A Squid disciple is commanding general at CFTC....he busy with other more important 'chores' than penny-ante embezzelment.... we should all know this by now.
Two.Hundred.Million.Mother.Fucking.Dollars!
Gensler: "PFG is down? Excellent news! The war in the east is proceeding splendidly."
the sec, cftc, etc., aid and abet the big fraudsters. the fbi, doj, etc., work for the squid. there is no law and order going on in high places.
Cost him his job? PUHLEEEEEZ! Most bureaucrats get a PROMOTION after something like this.
Oh my lucky stripes, a ponzi scheme!
The entire e-con-a-me is a Ponzi scheme!
It's so funny, we need to label the kind of con properly. Nevermind all of it is taking money from unsuspecting people and using it the way the thief wants to use it, instead of the intended purpose. Stolen funds are funds that have been comingled with the thief's wallet and bank account. But we must make a distinction here...
US Economy = Control Fraud married to a Ponzi Scheme
What about those other firms Tyler said to watch out for earlier? Is anyone going to check if the regulars are also sending hard copy statements?
"he tried to commit suicide, and failed."
Apparently, this guy can’t do anything right.
If the crooks never get punished why did he try to kill himself? Could it be to keep embarrassing details of "arrangements" from being exposed? Maybe he was suicided instead like that BOE official who had multiple stab wounds to the chest and defensive wounds on his arms.
Since we don't know, I'd venture that he merely succumbed to a fatal exposure of trichloroethane contained in correction fluids, including Liquid Paper. Just how do you fake bank statements? I would LOVE to see the paperwork that he was submitting...sounds like a job for Willliam Banzai. I'm sure it's more complicated that crossing out $5,000,000.00 and typing in $208,300,198.16. AND he wasn't doing this alone in his basement, either.
Miss Expectations said:
He had help from Linda Green.
You gotta be fucking kidding me!
For this Gensler has to be fired immediately, and with prejudice.
Instead, he'll either a) get a raise or b) get a comfy new job with some investment firm
Let's see if Santelli talks about this.
If you will just sign this, Mr. CFTC. Right here.
Yes, yes. What the hell is it?
Well, under the provisions of this bill, we would snatch two hundred thousand acres of Indian land, which we have deemed unsuitable for their use at this time. They're such children.
Two hundred thousand acres? Two hundred thousand acres? What'll it cost, man, what'll it cost?
[brings out a carton of paddleballs] A box of these.
Are you crazy? They'll never go for it. And then again they might. Those little red devils... they love toys!
if i was running the hospital i would say.
ok doc keep him alive give him the min amount of medication for life but take away the pain killers.
let him feel the tortures of the damned.
let him plead for mercy.
make him reject his money grasping thieving zionist racist belief system in the hope of relief.
when he does carry on regardless.
only through the pain torture and perpetual agony of the banksta's within a gitmo style torture facility will the human race get any payback
@tony wilson
I want him alive so he can turn state's evidence on his bankster buddies.
Alive,you want him alive to spill da beans.
We are Talking the Chicago Mob here .. "Legitimate Numbers"Mob
That one is not long for this World.
He will have "vistors"
I think you might enjoy this one:
http://madscienceunlimited.com/fiction/aTearForTheSinner.html
And so, to become cat food. I don't suppose it gets any lower than that.
No there is one more that's worse: To be unmade entirely. Leaves a wonderful large stain, however it doesn't hurt quite as badly.
That was a very enjoyable read. Thank you.
In return: http://everist.org/texts/Fermis_Urbex_Paradox.htm
Hey, your website pipes-frontage looks a lot like mine. everist.org
Can't we just find him a lamp post instead?
Save some money and resources, now you're talking...
Speak of efficiency, you could reuse the noose!
In the good olde days of the Roman Empire, when somebody screwed up thereby affording the peasantry a glimpse of the depth and breadth of the theft and depravity, violating the unwritten rule of the powers that be (similar to the first two rules of Fight Club, BTW) they were publicly crucified along the Apian Way to great spectacle, fanfare and public celebration.
But, it was the slaves who were crucified that time.
If my history serves me correctly, after the crucification the body was released to the public to abuse as they wish (head used as a football etc) and then what ever was left was hooked and thrown into the Tiber river. Them was the good 'ol days! Now the worst that could happen to a bankster is club fed. Pitchforks are to good for these people.
Miffed:-)
Leave nothing in any bank account, brokerage, fund, etc. save for your monthly bills. Buy PMs, guns, ammo, rice, beans, supplies, alcohol, porn, whatever. JUST DON'T GIVE THESE FUCKS ANY MORE MONEY TO STEAL FROM YOU!!!
When bankers hanging from lamp posts is a regularly occurring event, then you can reevaluate returning you cash to a financial institution. Even the it may take a few more years.
That's fine.
However whatever we don't lend them the Fed will.
Just say'n.
The Fed already does lend to them. To the tune of $16 trillion so far.
Just say'n
I'm sure Morgan has just misplaced the funds and Wasendorf accidentially slipped and suicided himself. All this fuss over nothing.
NICE http://www.pfgwest.com/aboutus.htm
Correction to disclaimer at bottom: There is a substantial risk of THEFT in trading options that an investor (or regulator) may not discover until published in th media.
Wait, he's 64? Just how old is that picture?
The WSJ has a slightly more up-to-date photo @
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304022004577518680956762826.html
Just a damn minute. The NFA was sending balance confirmations for U.S. Bank to an unverified post office box? I wouldn't give the NFA any credit here. Where did they get the post office box from? Who literally typed this address into the NFA database? That was the problem. Sure, electronic confirmation would be great, but the NFA was doing a poor job from the start and electronic confirms can be intercepted/spoofed as well.
So the smurf-regualted NFA is the hero because they didn't even know what the proper submission address for US BANK was.... for years?
Seriously?
Gensler should commit suicide not Wasendorf. We also need a Federal 'SuperMax prison for these high dollar thieves. Solitary cells, 23 hours per day with web cams installed so the world can watch them do time.
Nah! Gensler has only capped off a star level resume to be Fed Chairman!
When are people going to jail? Iceland did it!!!
http://www.greenewave.com/other-countries-bailout-bankers-iceland-jails-them/
This country is sooooo lost. We all know this is just the tip of the Titanic
Coma? Fucker shoulda jumped.
It's Iowa. Corn only grows so tall.
Ha ha! I've got that " Jump you Fuckers" song now stuck in my head.
Miffed:-)
I understand the cynicism, since we've watched fraudster after fraudster get caught, only to also watch nothing happen to them. And although we are not the elite, we can bitch loudly and en masse, which if nothing else, will increase the chance these dirtbags pay for their crimes.
So, howabout less cynicism and more activism? After all, these people are one way or another, paid by us.
Activism? Surely you jest - unless your idea of activism involves trees, lampposts, lengths of rope, and/or tying subhuman (i.e., bankster) limbs to quarter horses prior to the starting gun, that is.
Oooo drawing and quartering ftw!
if you want to know whats gonna happen to Gensler just redo Corzine. Find out how much the check was to Obummers campaign fund. Then youll know the answer. Hell be on some tropical island with 5 gay cabanna boyz just like JC. The daily police blotter in Wall Street is just getting comical. Every day i ask myself what will be the scam discovered of the day. Good thing Obama got right on all that corruption like he promised. Whew. or else..
gensler worked for corzine.
"Gary Gensler joined Goldman Sachs in 1988 and spent 18 years there. He became a partner at the age of 30, youngest in Goldman Sachs history. He later became head of the company’s fixed income and currency trading operations in Tokyo by the mid-’90s, and eventually the company’s co-head of finance"
In early November, 2011, Gensler stepped aside from the CFTC's investigation of the giant derivatives broker MF Global because of his longstanding ties to Jon Corzine, the CEO of MF Global, for whom Gensler had worked while both were at Goldman Sachs.
nothing happens. ever. learn to love these guys. they figured it out. no guns need be involved. you were robbed. deal with it.
Well I'm done waiting for 'authorities' to put ANY credibility back into the system. Nothing will change regardless of which version of OBAMNY gets bought...I mean elected.
Therefore I plan to cash out all other accounts (before they all get MFG/PFG'd) and investing in only deliverable precious metals. That is physical gold, silver, and lead.
Welcome to fight club.
Wait. Don't you have to hit someone?
I couldn't agree more Tyler. It sickens me to think the regulatprs are worthless. SEC with Madoff and now this. What else is lurking behind closed/manipulated accounting books.
When I read some of the comments after a post, I save the film recommendations and request them from the library. When they come in, like the two I picked up today, I bring them home with the full intention to watch them in what time I have left over for entertainment etc after my daily projects. I usually don't get to watch them because the developments in the US financial system are way more facinating than fiction and movies and I spend more time reading this stuff on ZH.
I feel kind of like Woody Harrel's character in the Movie 2012 when he goes to the edge of the volcano to get front row seat of The Great Cataclysm.
Here is the trend :
MFG
PFG
SFG
VFG
YFG
Agreed, next one to go: 'SFG'. (?)
Funny how the same dichotomy keeps absurdly getting tossed up in these incidents like some sort of justification for what transpired.
We just can’t be sure, they say, whether a) he was a crook or b) just incredibly f^%$!ing stupid. Maybe one day they’ll get around to considering the possibility it was both.
No offense meant by this-- there is no stupid going on here, except maybe us...
However I did once hear an interesting account, and I keep it in mind.
Someone with insider understanding of finances once remarked that these people pulling their frauds and larceny are like infants. They really have no idea what they are doing, no idea how it is wrong, toss terrible fits when anyone gets in their grill, and basically destroy everyone and everything they touch without the least understanding of how that is a problem.
It's a fairly close description for a sociopath, but I think the truth is more interesting.
They are spoiled.
Rich and spoiled. Nobody as ever held any of them to any account, for anything, even murders. Their money buys them both protection and friends, and if need be, protection from their friends. They never do without a single thing that they want or desire, even for 5 seconds. They think they are immortal, that the laws apply only to others, and they live on another planet.
They might not even be all that intelligent. Just rich. When you are stupid but rich you cannot make mistakes which money cannot later correct. So you never learn. So you remain ignorant and child-like.
I think the stupid rich people have done well in the run-up to the end of the world. Now I suppose not knowing how to save themselves they will just suffer and die. They will no more understand this than they understood anything else about the real world, never actually having experienced it.
Good insight and my experience says you are correct. I just wanted to put in check the idea that it was mere incompetence that got us here.