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more about #fraud more comments → Botswana Meat Commission FC: OK, this dude Clayton has completely sold out. I remember a few years ago he used to be on this AWFUL morning show on some cheapo network (UPN? can't ... more » Claire Buoyant: Taxes are only for little people. more » Magister: I don't know the anchor, but he sort of comes across like a Robert Downey Jr. character. more » Deric: Taxes?! Isn't this the line for Metallica?? Seriously, there's nothing to comment on here, right? This is just simple twatwafflery. more » FaceMelter: Those fucking Commies and their god damn complicated tax forms. It's a racist conspiracy. There are people coming after me and my family. This is w... more » Excusado: I know just enough about chess to know that the game consists of pawns and kings and the board is black and white. But WTF is up with having a WOMENS ... more » SidAndFinancy: Grandmaster Flash would know how to handle this without resorting to litigation. more » Awesome X: Chief Bull Dyke Marinello was a pro wrestler circa 1955, right? more » TedSez: The funniest thing about this is that apparently some chess players have endorsement deals with supplement companies. Actually, I picked up some clear... more » Dave J.: Hope I'm not the only person who was humming "The Final Countdown" while reading this post. more » anonymousryan: You can file lawsuits over this sort of insignificant shit?! more » Pope John Peeps II: "Although to be fair, my apology to Ray Gordon for being gay was actually me" -Sam Sloan more » RonnSicTorossian: No finance wizard here, but if I understand they were the only bank shorting the mortgage shit they were also hawking, so, if true, fuck you very much... more » The Lone Scout: It has to be said that, whatever responsibility GS and other financiers may have for lying, much of the general citizenry were all too happy to throw ... more » Nesbiteme: There are no doubt a plethora of internal memos within these firms, written by the quants who built the models in question, that refer to the paramete... more » -
#newmath
What's a Little Tax Fraud Between Friends?
Math is hard and taxes are Satan's invoices, which is why Fox News' Clayton Morris calls it an "honest mistake" to claim $10 in income when you made $1,000,000: Who can figure those "stinkin' tax forms" out anyway? -
#nerdfight
Chess Wizards in Huge Online Sorcery Feud
They say bickering intensifies as stakes diminish; this helps explain the enmity engulfing the U.S. Chess Federation. A struggle over board seats turned into a flurry of lawsuits, all rooted in the following obscene and allegedly faked internet postings. More » -
#wallstreet
Senate to Investigate Goldman Sachs For Banker Shenanigans
A Senate panel has issued subpoenas to Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and others, to investigate whether or not company executives knew in advance that the economy-destroying mortgage-related securities they created were complete crap. More » -
#allenstanford
Noble Cricket Patron Indicted in Big Mix-Up
Cricket-loving billionaire Allen Stanford, dubbed "Mini-Madoff" by hypemongers like us after allegedly scamming $8 billion from investors in a Ponzi scheme, has finally been indicted. He surrendered to the Feds late yesterday. Of course, he is innocent. More » -
#crime
Danny Pang, California's Answer to Bernie Madoff, Arrested
The FBI has arrested Orange County financier Danny Pang on money-laundering charges, as his firm, PEMGroup, faces an SEC investigation. It's a classic law-enforcement move, like when Eliot Ness caught Al Capone on tax evasion. More » -
#crime
Danny Pang's Last Gamble
A dead stripper wife. A gambling habit. A made-up résumé. All Southern California financier Danny Pang needed to complete the picture was an SEC investigation of an alleged Ponzi scheme. Now he has that, too. More » -
#crime
Madoff Family Already Learning Prison Slang, Cooking Skills
Bernie Madoff's going to be locked up for infinity, but the fate of his family members is still up in the air. But guess who thinks those family members are going to prison? They do! More » -
#sonjakohn
Financier's Life Becomes Crazy Spy Movie
Movie idea: the daughter of Jewish refugees flees Europe for Wall Street, strikes it rich, gains billionaire mobster clients, but is then forced into hiding by a deal gone wrong. Bonus: it's a true story. More » -
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#death
Ruined Madoff Investor's Gruesome Suicide Scene
Bernie Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme is growing fatally baroque. A French banker was found dead, in a grotesque office tableau, after losing $1.4 billion in the scheme.
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#death
Madoff-Duped Hedge Fund Founder Kills Self in Office
A French hedge fund founder who lost $2 billion he'd invested with disgraced money manager Bernie Madoff killed himself in his Manhattan office today. More » -
#crime
Friendless Bernie Madoff to Suffer under Penthouse Arrest
The courts are doing everything possible to make this nasty legal situation comfortable for Hedge Fund Hustler Bernie Madoff, who after all only set billions of dollars on fire. Stay home and rest, Bernie: More » -
#money
Obama Donor List Full of Fraud!
The Obama team has released its first transition donor list! Among the usual gang of employees of the nation's largest defense contractors (Boeing, Lockheed, and Raytheon have four donors between them!), trial lawyers, radical academics, and government employees, we found this transparent example of yet more illegal donations. Just look at who "Doug Berman," $500 donor, claims to work for. More » -
#raffaellofollieri
The Case Against Raffaello Follieri
The Smoking Gun has the entire criminal complaint against Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri, the hustling con artist charged with fraud and money laundering earlier today. Much of the information came out in previous stories and investigations, but it's still pretty stunning to see the extent of the guy's fraud laid out all at once. Payoffs, luxury, deception, and a crooked reporter—all in there. And you can understand why Hathaway stayed with him so long; if your boyfriend had an unlimited pot of (other people's) money to fly you around the world with, you'd like him too: More »
