Corzine was just Bernie Madoff lite. Anyone think Holder will actually persue a criminal referral against him?
Of course not!
That would mean customer accounts are missing about 22 percent of their total of $5.4 billion.
A couple of waterboarding sessions might induce Corzine to tell us where that money is!;)
To those who think they wouldn't dare, I remind you of Clinton and Marc Rich...
Less than a year ago, federal markets regulator Gary Gensler could reflect fondly on his association with Wall Street mogul and former politician Jon S. Corzine.
The two had known each other for years, working together at Goldman Sachs and then in Congress, where Corzine was a senator and Gensler was a Senate aide. Invited by Corzine last November to speak at Princeton University about financial regulation, Gensler reminisced about their days crafting legislation and got in a friendly jab about Corzine’s upcoming wedding.
Associated Press pointed out that the bankrupt firm might sue Corzine to “claw back” the salary and bonuses it paid him during his tenure as its CEO
Nick Purpura, of Wall Township, was a managing director at Bear Sterns. He remembers Corzine from his Wall Street days, and none too fondly. He told this Examiner this afternoon that he wouldn’t put anything past Corzine.