How Ironic is this ?
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Aint Karma a bitch ?
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US FEDERAL Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke was one of hundreds of victims of an identity fraud ring that stole over $US2.1 million ($2.5 million) from individuals and financial institutions, Newsweek magazine reported.
The magazine, citing court documents, said the central bank chief became entangled in the scam after a thief stole his wife's purse in August of last year and began cashing cheques on the family's bank account.
The purse-snatcher was working for a crime ring that federal agents and police in several US states had been investigating for months, Newsweek said, adding that Mr Bernanke's wife, Anna, was not specifically targeted.
It said the theft of the Bernanke chequebook became part of a wide-ranging identity-theft investigation by the US Secret Service and US Postal Inspection Service which had been previously underway.
Newsweek said the probe culminated in a series of arrests, criminal complaints and indictments brought by federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Virginia.
One of the group's ringleaders, Clyde Austin Gray, known as "Big Head," pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud last month, Newsweek said.
Gray employed an army of pickpockets, mail thieves and office workers to swipe cheques, credit cards, military IDs and other personal records, it said, citing his plea agreement and other court records filed in his case.
Mr Bernanke, in a statement to Newsweek, said "identity theft is a serious crime that affects millions of Americans each year".
"Our family was but one of 500 separate instances traced to one crime ring," he said.
"I am grateful for the law enforcement officers who patiently and diligently work to solve and prevent these financial crimes."
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/stor ... public_rss
US FEDERAL Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke was one of hundreds of victims of an identity fraud ring that stole over $US2.1 million ($2.5 million) from individuals and financial institutions, Newsweek magazine reported.
The magazine, citing court documents, said the central bank chief became entangled in the scam after a thief stole his wife's purse in August of last year and began cashing cheques on the family's bank account.
The purse-snatcher was working for a crime ring that federal agents and police in several US states had been investigating for months, Newsweek said, adding that Mr Bernanke's wife, Anna, was not specifically targeted.
It said the theft of the Bernanke chequebook became part of a wide-ranging identity-theft investigation by the US Secret Service and US Postal Inspection Service which had been previously underway.
Newsweek said the probe culminated in a series of arrests, criminal complaints and indictments brought by federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Virginia.
One of the group's ringleaders, Clyde Austin Gray, known as "Big Head," pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud last month, Newsweek said.
Gray employed an army of pickpockets, mail thieves and office workers to swipe cheques, credit cards, military IDs and other personal records, it said, citing his plea agreement and other court records filed in his case.
Mr Bernanke, in a statement to Newsweek, said "identity theft is a serious crime that affects millions of Americans each year".
"Our family was but one of 500 separate instances traced to one crime ring," he said.
"I am grateful for the law enforcement officers who patiently and diligently work to solve and prevent these financial crimes."
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Peace
Dan
"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
But it ain't ironic. Bernanke would have to be a large scale identity stealer himself or something for that to be ironic in any way. Karma? Arguably perhaps depending on viewpoint.
Peace
Dan
"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1U29FZIZaM
"With our thoughts we make the world"
This on the other hand is unfortunate.
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