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In reply to the discussion: It appears that Spain is on the verge of doing something Obama refuses to do [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,222 posts)64. Nice quote, but is that where it ends? Do you know for sure that there are no investigations?
I quicky scanned the DOJ website, and it appears there are some investigations and indeed some prosecutions have taken place, and some have actually gone to prison.
USDOJ: "US Attorney's Office - Eastern District of Michigan
... In addition to stepping up criminal prosecutions, the United States Attorney's ...
of mortgage banking at Citizens First Savings Bank (Citizens), he ..."
There appear to be others:
"The office has continued to litigate a large number of mortgage fraud cases initiated both prior to Operation Stolen Dreams and after. Since the end of Operation Stolen Dreams on June 18, 2010, 30 individuals have either pleaded guilty or were found guilty of federal offenses and 27 have been sentenced to prison terms. Prison sentences imposed so far on defendants have been as high as 108 months in prison. Civil forfeitures totaling more than $1.5 million were imposed. In addition, 22 new indictments or informations charging 22 new defendants with mortgage fraud offenses have been filed. Cases charged in the last 12 months involve many millions of dollars of alleged loss."
http://searchjustice.usdoj.gov/search?q=bank+prosecutions&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=iso-8859-1&oe=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&site=default_collection
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joelz
Jul 2012
OP
The people alive in Spain have access to history like the people alive in the U.S.
valerief
Jul 2012
#10
The people in Spain aren't older than the people in the U.S. History books are available to people
valerief
Jul 2012
#16
The banksters in this country will only be put in prison when a sufficient number of the
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#3
I find it incredible that we are just to cheer people going to jail on no charge or evidence
treestar
Jul 2012
#32
The evidence has been explicitly detailed in those books, documentaries, on web sites, in journals..
girl gone mad
Jul 2012
#63
Your assertion is that the President has nothing to do with the Department of Justice?
Marr
Jul 2012
#84
And what are the charges? Being greedy assholes? It may be immoral, but is it a crime?
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#60
Nice quote, but is that where it ends? Do you know for sure that there are no investigations?
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#64
Oh, so it's the size now. I see. Doesn't matter that folks have actually "gone to prison".....
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#67
Can you tell me where this issue is "polling"? And where does it fall in terms of importance to....
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#71
So when challenged on your regurgitated talking points, your response is.....
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#74
So do you think that Romney is going to put them in jail? Just curious... n/t
progressivebydesign
Jul 2012
#68