Posted on 07/12/2006 11:07:47 AM PDT by aynrandfreak
The Metropolitan Police said a man's body was found Tuesday in a park in east London, but declined to identify him. The force said the death was being treated as unexplained, and homicide officers were investigating.
The British Broadcasting Corp. and other outlets identified the dead man as a senior banker with the Royal Bank of Scotland who had been questioned by the FBI in the case of three British bankers facing Enron-related fraud charges.
The FBI said it would not comment on any aspect of the case.
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I want to blame the Leftist conspiracy to hurt the energy industry. /tinfoil
Really, with so much potential for profitability, and so many rewards for a job well done - what purpose would there be in mismanaging Enron except to destroy the company?
We know Hillary Clinton wanted to run for President. Given the onset of the Clinton recession in 2000 - isn't it feasible that a bunch of economic disasters were put in place to run whoever won in 2000 out of office? Why else did Clinton relax government policies encouraging activities that would come to roost during whatever administration followed his?
This conspiracy nut stuff is fun...
I'm more inclined to think that enough people got hurt through the Enron scandal, that providence is taking over.
The NatWest bankers, David Bermingham, Giles Darby and Gary Mulgrew, must leave Britain by midnight on 17 July to face a US court on charges linked to Enron's crash.
The charges against the men, dubbed the "NatWest Three", relate to allegations that they defrauded NatWest in a deal with Enron by selling a Cayman Islands-based company for less than it was worth.
That's not conspiracy...I believe through the yrs since W has been in office...it's actually been proven that's what took place.
The trio, all British citizens, were charged in the U.S. in 2002 with bilking National Westminster Bank of $7.3 million and each face seven counts of wire fraud. They allegedly advised NatWest in 2000 to sell part of an Enron business it owned for less than the stake was worth, in a scheme allegedly devised with Andrew Fastow, former finance chief of Enron, and a colleague, managing director Michael Kopper.
The three men then left NatWest, bought into the firm themselves and sold it off for a much higher fee, each pocketing about $2.6 million in the process, according to prosecutors.
Interesting. I got the impression that the death of Ken Lay had made related cases grind to a halt, but I guess not.
Fastow is ongoing.
Perhaps their testimony is the reason for the extradition?
Could be. But it's hard to imagine that it would be reason enough for suicide. That said, there seem to be a lot of folks whose threshold for suicide is a little bit low.
Oh dear, my tinfoil hat is out being cleaned and pressed right now, I think I'll have to pass this one up.
Don't you remember the Italian banker connected with the Vatican funds scandal who "hanged himself" under London Bridge a few years back? Similar to the incident portrayed in Godfather III with Al Pacino.
Roberto Calvi - Banco Ambrosiano - a trial for the murder is
ongoing in Rome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Calvi
Forget conspiracy...
When is Goldman Sachs gonna get pinched for their role (to the tune of $750 million) in the Enron scandal and cover-up?
The Enron mess could drive people to suicide or murder.
Kenny Boy isn't dead, he's lounging on a beach somewhere near Tahiti. I thought everyone knew that.
(adjusts his tin foil hat with much pride)
Next we will find Jeff Skilling hanging from a bridge near the Vatican.
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