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The Straw Purchase

ainmohd — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:22:29 +0000

“Straw Purchase” transactions have increased in recent years. Incidences of this typically increase when interest rates go up, and fewer people qualify for loans as lenders tighten their belts. Even though we touched on this scam earlier under the section on co-signers, it bears repeating because this type of scam can happen before you know it has.

A straw purchase traditionally refers to handgun sales. When one person buys a handgun for a person who is ineligible to own one, it’s called a Straw Purchase, carrying stiff penalties. That’s how the Columbine High School student shooters got their guns.

Madoff “earned” his investors 1 percent or 2 percent a month

ainmohd — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:51:16 +0000

Wall Street veterans recall how investors once begged to be allowed to invest their money with Madoff. Unlike Ponzi, he didn’t promise to deliver flashy double-digit returns overnight. He “earned” his investors 1 percent or 2 percent a month, bull market or bear, rain or shine. Because he didn’t overpromise, and because he limited his clientele, he was able to keep the scheme going for decades.

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Madoff-related insults

ainmohd — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:39:51 +0000

Ten Insults for People Who “Almost” Invested With Bernie Madoff.

10 – It’s too bad that you didn’t invest. Maybe if you did you’d have committed suicide by now.

9 – Isn’t your daughter the girl who blew all those Milton Academy hockey players a few years ago?

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Banks are ready to sign onto Ponzi schemes?

ainmohd — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:37:44 +0000

Not one of his mega-bank clients, we’re asked to believe, required Madoff to produce the strict audit that would be routinely undertaken for any business investments of similar size. This notion itself is preposterous, as anyone who ever worked at a bank will attest. We must therefore conclude that, at their
highest levels, banks are ready to sign onto Ponzi schemes–or whatever –just as long as they remain right-side-up. From the perspective of trusteeship, that is not an encouraging thought.

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One enormous difference between Social Security and a Ponzi scheme

ainmohd — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:22:07 +0000

In the aftermath of the Madoff implosion, quite a few people have pointed out the parallels between a Ponzi scheme and Social Security.

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