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Title: Bank of America : admitted felon, "Too Crooked to Fail"
Post by: marcus_of_augustus on March 22, 2012, 04:06:59 AM
and people are worried about bitcoins possibly being used for criminal activity ... seriously?

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/bank-of-america-too-crooked-to-fail-20120314?page=3 (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/bank-of-america-too-crooked-to-fail-20120314?page=3)

Bank of America paid a $137 million fine for its sabotage of the government-contracting process – and in an attempt to avoid prosecution, it applied to the Justice Department's corporate leniency program, essentially confessing its criminal status: As plaintiff attorneys noted, the application "means that Bank of America is an admitted felon."


Title: Re: Bank of America : admitted felon, "Too Crooked to Fail"
Post by: cypherdoc on March 22, 2012, 05:10:34 AM
i love Taibbi.  one of the few journalists who's willing to tell it like it is. 


Title: Re: Bank of America : admitted felon, "Too Crooked to Fail"
Post by: Fizzgig on March 24, 2012, 05:23:44 PM
Glad I pulled out all of my money from BofA years ago. Money in the bank = support for felony institution.