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jalan48

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4. And how many people went to prison over this?

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 11:16 AM

Feb 2016

As Bernie points out a teenager busted with marijuana faces a stiffer sentence and something that becomes a permanent part of his/her record. The banksters? They just dip into their petty cash drawer and the fawning regulators say thank you!

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Morgan Stanley to pay $3.2 bln to settle financial crisis-era charges [View all] deminks Feb 2016 OP

Anybody going to jail? LittleGirl Feb 2016 #1

Anyone charged wih a crime? Red Oak Feb 2016 #2

How many days worth of profit for them is that? navarth Feb 2016 #3

not to worry - the fine is tax-deductible. Kip Humphrey Feb 2016 #5

Basic for the past two reported years, in billions Deny and Shred Feb 2016 #7

And how many people went to prison over this? jalan48 Feb 2016 #4

I'm expecting my check is in the mail. postulater Feb 2016 #6

However, the comptroller accidently made out the check to Hillary Clinton ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #8

Three strikes and you're out? [Not for too-big-to-fail corporations.] Does MS NCjack Feb 2016 #9

Not even a slap on the wrist. Dems to Win Feb 2016 #10

How nice... Moral Compass Feb 2016 #11

given how much they profit from their crimes, this fine amounts to ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #12

Who gets that money? The people who were kicked out of their homes? AllyCat Feb 2016 #13