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Title: CEO of troubled Iowa brokerage arrested, charged (missing $200M customer funds) Post by: acoindr on July 13, 2012, 08:01:36 PM Hey all,
Theft is not all Bitcoin: Quote Feds arrest, charge CEO of Iowa-based brokerage firm that is missing $200M in customer funds http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceo-troubled-iowa-brokerage-arrested-174838082.html Title: Re: CEO of troubled Iowa brokerage arrested, charged (missing $200M customer funds) Post by: Mistafreeze on July 13, 2012, 08:21:36 PM He tried to kill himself about 3 miles away from me. Kind of a weird story to have happen around here :-\
At least 4 people I know are out of work because of this. Title: Re: CEO of troubled Iowa brokerage arrested, charged (missing $200M customer funds) Post by: hazek on July 13, 2012, 08:42:50 PM He tried to kill himself Do you maybe know how? Title: Re: CEO of troubled Iowa brokerage arrested, charged (missing $200M customer funds) Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on July 13, 2012, 08:46:06 PM He tried to kill himself Do you maybe know how? Death by I don't see how he could have been arrested, let alone a police report filed. Got a fresh cup of coffee and headin' back to that other thread. ~Bruno~ Title: Re: CEO of troubled Iowa brokerage arrested, charged (missing $200M customer funds) Post by: Mistafreeze on July 13, 2012, 08:51:11 PM He tried to kill himself Do you maybe know how? Quote from: Yahoo Article Wasendorf had been hospitalized at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after attempting suicide outside the company's headquarters in Cedar Falls on Monday by hooking up a tube to his car's tailpipe. He's a pansy. Title: Re: CEO of troubled Iowa brokerage arrested, charged (missing $200M customer funds) Post by: Gabi on July 13, 2012, 09:02:02 PM Nice thread. Scams and frauds are common in the world, they do not happen only in bitcoin! Billions and billions are scammed every year
Title: Re: CEO of troubled Iowa brokerage arrested, charged (missing $200M customer funds) Post by: doobadoo on July 13, 2012, 09:52:54 PM He tried to kill himself Do you maybe know how? Death by I don't see how he could have been arrested, let alone a police report filed. Got a fresh cup of coffee and headin' back to that other thread. ~Bruno~ Confessed to fraud in suicide note. claimed it was going on for 20 years! said he used photoshop to fool regulators! LOL! Title: Re: CEO of troubled Iowa brokerage arrested, charged (missing $200M customer funds) Post by: Raize on July 13, 2012, 11:51:29 PM Good to know there are other Bitcoiners from Iowa. Were not always the quickest to jump on new technologies, but it looks like you've been around for a while.
This is actually a huge story in the region, and likely will be for some time. People can be pretty unforgiving here, trust is a commodity. |