La Colombe Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 ...as tall as a kangaroo once roamed Australia. Wow, that's a big turkey. LC started the topic as Some Bankers Finally Charged and then changed to Giant Flying Turkeys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 "Some bankers" have already been charged already. Tiny fish compared to the real villains and nothing more than scapegoat sacrificed to the baying masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 There has been a gangster culture in banking for a long time, they just don't actually kill people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llap Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Adds "gangster" to CV.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 14 minutes ago, Max Power said: There has been a gangster culture in banking for a long time, they just don't actually kill people! Well, not directly but maybe indirectly as a result of their actions they may have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craggy_steve Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Sounds rather like BoE / FSA sour grapes because Barclays was able to avoid state / regulator interference ! Whatever the technicalities, until the UK regulators can attribute real fault to bankers for the causes of the crash, the failure of politicians, treasury, BoE and regulators to operate a well-balanced and well-regulated banking system must remain with the state. Scapegoating individual banks / bankers for their enterprising actions to avoid being sucked in to state ownership / control seems rather vindictive and inappropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig King Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just to put a local slant on things (why is this topic in Local News?), the Isle of Man has a history of letting off those involved with white collar naughtiness. Very naughtiness banking at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 The marsupial lion sounds pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 3 hours ago, craggy_steve said: Sounds rather like BoE / FSA sour grapes because Barclays was able to avoid state / regulator interference ! Whatever the technicalities, until the UK regulators can attribute real fault to bankers for the causes of the crash, the failure of politicians, treasury, BoE and regulators to operate a well-balanced and well-regulated banking system must remain with the state. Scapegoating individual banks / bankers for their enterprising actions to avoid being sucked in to state ownership / control seems rather vindictive and inappropriate. So that cheeky chappie Fred Goodwin from RBS fully deserves his £300,000 +++ pension and isn't a crook as some maintain ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Stevens Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 3 hours ago, craggy_steve said: Sounds rather like BoE / FSA sour grapes because Barclays was able to avoid state / regulator interference ! Whatever the technicalities, until the UK regulators can attribute real fault to bankers for the causes of the crash, the failure of politicians, treasury, BoE and regulators to operate a well-balanced and well-regulated banking system must remain with the state. Scapegoating individual banks / bankers for their enterprising actions to avoid being sucked in to state ownership / control seems rather vindictive and inappropriate. Details of the charges or allegations are on line. They are charged with fraud / conspiracy to defraud depending on what you read but it allegedly involves things you should not do whatever your business ie False representation and unlawful financial assistance... I mean if I borrow from you a big sum...Bung you some back as a "nice little earner for services rendered" and then lend you a big sum to buy shares in my possibly failing business and thereby keeping the shares up then I am a naughty boy whoever I am...Nothing to do with malicious prosecution for dodging the need to be bailed out by a Labour Govt etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 6 hours ago, craggy_steve said: Sounds rather like BoE / FSA sour grapes because Barclays was able to avoid state / regulator interference ! Whatever the technicalities, until the UK regulators can attribute real fault to bankers for the causes of the crash, the failure of politicians, treasury, BoE and regulators to operate a well-balanced and well-regulated banking system must remain with the state. Scapegoating individual banks / bankers for their enterprising actions to avoid being sucked in to state ownership / control seems rather vindictive and inappropriate. It's the SFO bringing charges. Not The Bank or the regulator. And they are not being accused of responsibility for the crash but with fraud during the same period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 1 hour ago, pongo said: It's the SFO bringing charges. Not The Bank or the regulator. And they are not being accused of responsibility for the crash but with fraud during the same period. Correct, they are being charged with accepting a £2bn loan from the Quataris and then finding ingenious ways of funneling a lot of the same money back to them via various transactions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 On 6/20/2017 at 3:38 PM, Mr. Sausages said: The marsupial lion sounds pretty cool. It does, but not much good for Christmas dinner. They must have had big ovens in the olden days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chutney Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 My prediction is no one will get convicted. Solely because a lump of the jury won't really understand the ins and outs of the crime so won't want to call guilty. These sorts of crimes need specialist juries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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