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Related: About this forumSIGTARP proves that some bankers aren’t too big to jail
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sigtarp-the-watchdog-thats-putting-bankers-behind-bars/2013/12/06/9dd2068e-4b25-11e3-9890-a1e0997fb0c0_story.html?hpid=z1Christy Romero, special inspector general with the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The little-known federal agency is compiling a growing list of criminal convictions.
SIGTARP proves that some bankers arent too big to jail
By Danielle Douglas, Published: December 6
A bank executive in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison. Another from Orlando received eight years. In Stockbridge, Ga., a top bank officer is serving 12 years.
At a time when the government is being criticized for not holding senior bank executives liable for crisis-era crimes, a little-known federal agency is compiling a growing list of criminal convictions.
Since 2008, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program has pursued criminal charges against 107 senior bank officers, most of whom have been sentenced to prison. Created to supervise the government bailout of the auto and financial industries, the agency has found dozens of cases of bank executives who misused bailout funds.
SIGTARP has a staff of 170, a budget of $41 million and an enforcement track record that rivals agencies twice its size. The agencys work has resulted in $4.7 billion in restitution paid to the government and victims. Lawmakers are holding SIGTARP up as a model and questioning why other agencies are not producing similar results.
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SIGTARP proves that some bankers aren’t too big to jail (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Dec 2013
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tech3149
(4,452 posts)1. Nice to see a positive outcome but
It's still big fish in little ponds. They just didn't know the right people or didn't steal big enough.
clymestraB
(8 posts)2. a liability
During the midst of the recession in the past few years, a lot of people were angry that large bonuses were being paid to executives whose companies were getting taxpayer-funded bailouts. The rage was seemingly justified, as the Treasury has been found to have approved lavish executive compensation.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)3. Catch the little ones, just let the big fish go.
So unfortunate about the statue of limitations.