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Iceland jails 4 bankers.

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Robby Altair
#1 - 2013-12-12 20:42:54 UTC
Wait. Wait. You can put bankers in jail? They're not a protected class?

Iceland jails former Kaupthing bank bosses

U.S. Federal prosecutors to visit Iceland. To get a spine!

P.S. Special prosecutor, Olafur Hauksson is my hero! Smile

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Shalia Ripper
#2 - 2013-12-13 13:31:12 UTC
Only four? It is a start, but they need to keep going.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#3 - 2013-12-13 13:38:51 UTC
The American bankers are indeed too big for jail Lol

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#4 - 2013-12-13 13:54:19 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
The American bankers are indeed too big for jail Lol


They probably own the jails too. Lol

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Mizhir
Devara Biotech
#5 - 2013-12-13 14:58:56 UTC
Shalia Ripper wrote:
Only four? It is a start, but they need to keep going.


I think it is still half of all the bankers on that island :P

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#6 - 2013-12-13 15:35:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
Thanks for posting this-- it made my day. A little glimmer of hope for humanity....
Black Panpher
CastleKickers
Rote Kapelle
#7 - 2013-12-13 15:42:25 UTC
Sweet!
Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2013-12-13 17:34:36 UTC
lol
Another witch hunt?

The way to do it right is to let them go bankrupt and publish it. That way people would know not to give them isk.

Demonizing banking industry is not a solution.

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Eat dessert first!
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#9 - 2013-12-13 17:52:37 UTC
Caleidascope wrote:
lol

Demonizing banking industry is not a solution.


Very true. But because the demonization already happened upon the very inception of banks back in the 1600's.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#10 - 2013-12-14 00:26:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Slade Trillgon
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Caleidascope wrote:
lol

Demonizing banking industry is not a solution.


Very true. But because the demonization already happened upon the very inception of banks back in the 1600's.


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Adunh Slavy
#11 - 2013-12-14 04:07:59 UTC
Get a rope

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.  - William Pitt
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#12 - 2013-12-14 06:20:40 UTC
Caleidascope wrote:
lol
Another witch hunt?

The way to do it right is to let them go bankrupt and publish it. That way people would know not to give them isk.

Demonizing banking industry is not a solution.


They broke several laws.
Za'afiel
Imperceptible Bedevilment
#13 - 2013-12-15 18:22:27 UTC
So...do you hate immigrants in Iceland?

Shoot them all! Be polite.
Robby Altair
#14 - 2013-12-15 20:03:51 UTC
Za'afiel wrote:
So...do you hate immigrants in Iceland?


This was not an immigrant case. It was a case of market abuses. People who are believed to have broken a counties law deserve their day in court.

Ref:

Icelandic Bankers Sentenced to Prison for Market Abuse

Ex-Kaupthing bankers convicted of abuses related to Qatari investment

Ex-Kaupthing bankers given jail sentences

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