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Fannie Mae Expected to Pay Large Fine

Full story: The Associated Press

Embattled mortgage giant Fannie Mae is expected to be fined several hundred million dollars over the alleged manipulation of accounting so that executives could collect millions in bonuses, in a settlement to ...

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Cliff

San Francisco, CA

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May 23, 2006
 
Just because you wear a suit does not mean that you can't be a criminal or that your crimes are any "cleaner" or that your victims are hurt less. In many ways white collar crime is more insidious in that the criminals already have reasonable means of support yet will steal from people who have less than them. Many criminals steal from a real or perceived desperation, these guys are just greedy Jaba the Hutts'sucking money out of our pockets. Let them rot on a road gang instead of a country club prison.
Just An Observor

East Tawas, MI

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May 23, 2006
 
Here, here, Cliff. Well said. That is the way the majority of us in America feel. The sad part is...these guys are white collared. They have top jobs at some of these Corporations. They drive big cars, own big houses (always more than 1), and vacation all around the world. They keep scamming off the top. How greedy can one perosn or group get?
mcgyver

Sacramento, CA

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May 23, 2006
 
This p@ssy footin' around with punishment of white collar crime has got to stop. These people single handedly ruin thousands of lives. Look at Enron, World com and the rest of the bunch of common thieves that dress differently.
30 years on chain gang is too good for them. I say let the people who they ripped off get a piece of them
Just An Observor

East Tawas, MI

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May 23, 2006
 
They have these people, why don't they prosecute them, like Martha Stewart? Why do they pick some people out to prosecute, and not others? They took BILLIONS! They should have to pay it all back. God help us if we should try to cheat the IRS out of one dime! We are tired of double standards.
Ridge

Berkeley, CA

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May 23, 2006
 
Fraud is a crime. They should pay it back with interest and do jail time. People work hard to pay their mortgages and these parasitic elite jumble the books and steal money they probably don't even need.

A slap on the wrist is not enough they are thieves.
the seer

Halsey, OR

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May 24, 2006
 
Any way you cut it ...... a win win for the bastards.
Cliff

San Francisco, CA

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May 24, 2006
 
Any way you cut it we are the ones that ultimately pay.
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