Friday, March 04, 2005

CODDLING WHITE COLLAR CROOKS

progressreport.org
3/4/2005

CODDLING WHITE COLLAR CROOKS

White collar criminals who failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties are still maxin' and relaxin' in the lap of luxury, a new congressional investigation
shows. The five criminals covered by the study -- all "high-ranking
officials of companies" or business owners -- were wealthy before the
judgments, but "claimed later they did not have the money to pay full
restitution to their victims." Funny, that. As the congressional report
shows, "several continued living in million-dollar homes, and two took
overseas trips (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7082314/) while on supervised
release." Now, since so much time has passed between their crimes and the
judgments, "prospects are not good for collecting additional
restitution." And you thought Martha had it good
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1354659/posts) !