[quote=BBC News] 'Robin Hood' banker helped poor
A German bank employee who secretly transferred money from rich to poor clients has been given a 22-month suspended prison term.
The 62-year-old woman, dubbed the 'Robin Hood Banker', moved more than $11m (£7m) in 117 transfers.
The court in Bonn was told that the employee, who has not been named, took no money for herself.
The bank made a loss of more than $1.5m (£1m) when poor customers were unable to pay back unauthorised overdrafts.
The employee was accused of allowing overdrafts for customers who would not normally qualify for them.
Small pension
She then used the money from richer customers to temporarily disguise the loans during the bank's monthly audit of overdrafts.
The woman has begun reimbursing the bank for the losses, reportedly from a small retirement pension.
She could have faced a four-year prison sentence, but the court decided on leniency as she had confessed immediately and did not profit personally.
The woman was also considered to have suffered enough, through the loss of her job and the requirement that she pay back the lost funds. [/quote]
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8376532.stm[/url]
Neat.
Wow, A real ROBIN HOOD.
I am amazed.
Damn criminals. :argh:
[QUOTE=ssa gib A;18554811]Damn criminals. :argh:[/QUOTE]
if they steal from the rich, who will pay the taxes!!!
stupid liberal commies
PAy It ForWARd
to bad she has to pay the 1 million back once shes out of jail gl with that
She has to pay it all back? She's going to be in debt for a while.
I would be so pissed if it was my money that was transferred.
I'm telling you, old ladies are always the nicest. Why would they even put her in jail....
[QUOTE=stone555;18555074]I would be so pissed if it was my money that was transferred.[/QUOTE]
how would you buy your fifth or sixth fleet of black cadillacs
[QUOTE=Cowie1337;18555086]I'm telling you, old ladies are always the nicest. Why would they even put her in jail....[/QUOTE]
She'll probably end up in a minimum security prison. It's not like she'll be tossed into solitary confinement.
[QUOTE=innerfire34;18555090]how would you buy your fifth or sixth fleet of black cadillacs[/QUOTE]
Charity shouldn't be forced.
[QUOTE]Small pension[/quote]
oh shit i thought that said penis...
[QUOTE=Strider_07;18555198]Charity shouldn't be forced.[/QUOTE]
do a dance and maybe i'll throw a dollar at you
[quote]The woman was also considered to have suffered enough, through the loss of her job and the requirement that she pay back the lost funds.[/quote]
What? Don't get me wrong, it was 'nice' what she did. But how the fuck did she SUFFER? As nice a thing as it may have been, it WAS illegal give her job and she knew this would not end well, likely with her losing her job and facing jail time, so how the hell has she suffered?
:smug: No wait...
This woman is nothing but a small minded thief, I hope noone feels sorry for her, she's taken someones hard earnt money and given it to the kind of people who piss their life (and money) down the drain. people who never worked hard enough to achieve anything in life.
She deserved a longer sentence
also in the kind of stories i've heard about robin hood he stole money from people like the king and the church who only got their money from overtaxing the poor, and so in a way he was never really stealing.
[QUOTE=Insignificant;18555367]This woman is nothing but a small minded thief, I hope noone feels sorry for her, she's taken someones hard earnt money and given it to the kind of people who piss their life (and money) down the drain. people who never worked hard enough to achieve anything in life.
She deserved a longer sentence
also in the kind of stories i've heard about robin hood he stole money from people like the king and the church who only got their money from overtaxing the poor, and so in a way he was never really stealing.[/QUOTE]
everybody quickly work harder, we could all be millionaires
my grandfather probably made four or five million dollars in his lifetime, as a barber
he spent it on his family
what a piece of shit, pissing his life away
She robbed the bank for over a million bucks... Yea she gave the money away but she did rob the bank.
This also doesn't really count as Robin Hood because the money never belonged to poor people in the first place.
inb4 Libertarian rage.
[QUOTE=innerfire34;18555430]everybody quickly work harder, we could all be millionaires
my grandfather probably made four or five million dollars in his lifetime, as a barber
he spent it on his family
what a piece of shit, pissing his life away[/QUOTE]
So you're automatically a horrible person for not donating every cent of your money to charity? You are aware that charities don't put 100% of your money into the cause, aren't you? In some cases it's more like 25%.
[QUOTE=innerfire34;18555430]everybody quickly work harder, we could all be millionaires
my grandfather probably made four or five million dollars in his lifetime, as a barber
he spent it on his family
what a piece of shit, pissing his life away[/QUOTE]
4-5 million? You might want to do the math on that one again. At 100 grand a year, a very good living, It would take 40-50 years to make that kind of dough. Oh, and 40 years ago it was a good year to make 4000.
[url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=topten.detail&listid=20]Here's a few with high administrative costs, for example.[/url]
Not everyone with a lot of money is a narcissistic fuckwit that keeps it all to themselves, and trying to be a white knight by balancing out bank accounts isn't going to help anyone, because in the end, it's still illegal.
[QUOTE=NO ONE;18555512]Robin Hood much? :haw:[/QUOTE]
Robin Hood stole from assholes who extorted higher taxes out of people, this woman stole from random people she'd never met and then committed fraud to make it appear they overdrew their accounts.
Robin Hood much? :haw:
[QUOTE=wildwill;18555464]4-5 million? You might want to do the math on that one again. At 100 grand a year, a very good living, It would take 40-50 years to make that kind of dough. Oh, and 40 years ago it was a good year to make 4000.[/QUOTE]
He was a [I]very [/I]good barber.
[QUOTE=wildwill;18555464]4-5 million? You might want to do the math on that one again. At 100 grand a year, a very good living, It would take 40-50 years to make that kind of dough. Oh, and 40 years ago it was a good year to make 4000.[/QUOTE]
of course i am lying!!!
what kind of man makes money and doesn't spend it all trying to make more
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[QUOTE=Strider_07;18555498][url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=topten.detail&listid=20]Here's a few with high administrative costs, for example.[/url]
Not everyone with a lot of money is a narcissistic fuckwit that keeps it all to themselves, and trying to be a white knight by balancing out bank accounts isn't going to help anyone, because in the end, it's still illegal.
Robin Hood stole from assholes who extorted higher taxes out of people, this woman stole from random people she'd never met and then committed fraud to make it appear they overdrew their accounts.[/QUOTE]
people who are living more than comfortably are a higher priority than those who are soon to be homeless
(the government told me so)
[QUOTE=innerfire34;18555544]of course i am lying!!!
what kind of man makes money and doesn't spend it all trying to make more[/QUOTE]
The amount of money you have doesn't matter, it's what you do with it. I can't see how someone is inherently evil and deserves to have their money redistributed for earning a lot of money and stashing it in the bank so it will accumulate interest.
[editline]06:31PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=innerfire34;18555544]people who are living more than comfortably are a higher priority than those who are soon to be homeless
(the government told me so)[/QUOTE]
If someone is successful and earns a lot of money, it's up to them to use it on something worthy, not to a bank teller to give it to people who overdrew their accounts. You're aiming your hatred in the wrong direction, the article said she was covering up people's overdrafts, meaning that they tried to spend more than they had. Meaning they likely took everything they had for granted and blew it on meaningless shit.
And it's not like they wouldn't know about the overdraft fees, unless they never read the bank paperwork they filled out to setup an account.
[QUOTE=Insignificant;18555367]This woman is nothing but a small minded thief, I hope noone feels sorry for her, she's taken someones hard earnt money and given it to the kind of people who piss their life (and money) down the drain. people who never worked hard enough to achieve anything in life.[/QUOTE]
dot
[QUOTE=TH89;18449464][b]Q.[/b] What's the difference between the people in the first picture and the person in the second picture?
[img]http://www.jrusselljinishiangallery.com/images/kramer/kramer-yacht-party.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.treehugger.com/coal-miner-01.jpg[/img]
[b]A.[/b] The person in the second picture isn't working hard enough.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Strider_07;18555588]The amount of money you have doesn't matter, it's what you do with it. I can't see how someone is inherently evil and deserves to have their money redistributed for earning a lot of money and stashing it in the bank so it will accumulate interest.
[editline]06:31PM[/editline]
If someone is successful and earns a lot of money, it's up to them to use it on something worthy, not to a bank teller to give it to people who overdrew their accounts. You're aiming your hatred in the wrong direction, the article said she was covering up people's overdrafts, meaning that they tried to spend more than they had. Meaning they likely took everything they had for granted and blew it on meaningless shit.[/QUOTE]
hermit millionaires who pray to their space king for their begotten goods every day, yes?
[QUOTE=Insignificant;18555367]This woman is nothing but a small minded thief, I hope noone feels sorry for her, she's taken someones hard earnt money and given it to the kind of people who piss their life (and money) down the drain. people who never worked hard enough to achieve anything in life.[/QUOTE]
No, she took the interest that CEOs and trust fund kids did absolutely nothing to earn and gave it to people who were probably, ironically, not rich enough to end up in a prestigious career.
You can start talking about working hard for a living when your mommy and daddy stop covering your food and clothes and rent for you.
[QUOTE=TH89;18555657]dot[/QUOTE]
Consider their $400,000 wage is much more than the miner's $20,000 , I estimate they work about 20 times as hard.
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