woolybanana Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 What an outrage that these good people should have been incarcerated for kidnapping their financial adviser. He surely should have been sentenced to an indefinite term until he coughed up the money. The judge is a true ass!http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8583222.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 The thing is there was no suggestion of any improprietory or that he had ripped them off, the value of investments can go down as well as up etc..........So I have to disagree Wooly that he should have been sentenced to an indefinite term until he coughed up the money.Mind you if they were to draft a law saying that all financial advisors should be rounded up and shot I would support it wholeheartedly [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 They apparently tried to claw their lost money back by legal action against the adviser: and failed.Now why would Germans wish to invest in US real estate, other than greed?Since they kidnapped the guy and physically harmed him, I think they got off lightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 At their age, incarceration is a death sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Na, they'll be given early release.That'll then give everyone on here the opportunity for a rant about leniency to criminals......[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 [quote user="woolybanana"]At their age, incarceration is a death sentence.[/quote] Apparently, one of the captors was an architect and two were doctors and the banker was held prisoner in the holiday home of one of the captors. According to two of the reports I have seen, the money was "black" and they hadn't declared it to the tax authorities.I find your sympathy for these middle-class thugs to be somewhat misplaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Thanks for that douche of reality, CK.Having Googled the case, it was indeed Black Money.So we can but hope these nice German pensioners are also arraigned for tax evasion: bearing in mind the German tax authority's current attack on cheats, which includes paying large sums to a whistle blower for a CD bearing the names of naughty clients from Lichenstein banks.HMRC have also apparently paid over £100,000 for some of the data.I must say I love their chutzpa!Going to court 'cos a guy has lost them money via a money laundering deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 They kidnap, assault, falsely imprison and generally terrorise somebody and they deserve sympathy? Yeah, right, no difference between kidnapping a younger person and holding them for ransom, because that's what they did with this guy. If the money was truly undeclared for tax purposes and they were trying to 'grow' their hidden gains, why should anybody have any sympathy for them?So what's next, an upper age of criminal responsibility, because they're old don't prosecute them or don't send them to prison because of the offences they committed? Yeah, right, recipe for chaos, if they can't do the time, they shouldn't have committed the crime!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hey guys, my tongue was firmly in my cheek!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"] So what's next, an upper age of criminal responsibility, because they're old don't prosecute them or don't send them to prison because of the offences they committed? [/quote]Great idea, I propose 45 as that was the age I became criminally irresponsible [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 If the financial adviser had been an estate agent would we feel the same way over his treatment ?John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I have no problem with the treatment handed out to the financial advisor:"Mind you if they were to draft a law saying that all financial advisors should be rounded up and shot I would support it wholeheartedly" You can add estate agents and recruitment consultants to the list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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