Saturday, July 6, 2013

13-07-06 Banksters getting off scot free - Jon Corzine andf MF Global

If past performance of the US courts is any indication, Jon Corzine will most likely get off scot free after the theft of $ 1 billion from customers' accounts. jzLINKS:
[1] 12-09-04 Zernik, J., "Design and Operation of the Electronic Record Systems of the US Courts are Linked to Failing Banking Regulation", Data Analytics 1:83-93 (2012)
http://thinkmind.org/index.php?view=article&articleid=data_analytics_2012_3_50_60059


Determining Corzine’s Role in the Demise of MF Global


Jon Corzine, former chairman and chief executive of MF Global.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesJon Corzine, former chairman and chief executive of MF Global.
How much responsibility should a chief executive bear when the company collapses? That question will be front and center in the civil case leveled by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission against Jon S. Corzine for his role in the misuse of customer money at MF Global as it fell apart in October 2011.
The complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, makes claims about Mr. Corzine’s management failures the heart of its case, pointing out the inadequacy of MF Global’s internal controls and how he violated its internal policies in trying to get the most out of customer money deposited with the firm. In the end, nearly $1 billion of client money was used improperly to plug gaps in the firm’s balance sheet as it tried to find enough assets to remain afloat.
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