Stock broker Michael Axel (according to New York prosecutors) stole $600k from elderly clients' accounts he was managing and was indicted yesterday, even though the gov't concedes that Axel had lost about $400k of that in his own investment with a very nice gentleman in Nigeria who volunteered to help him liquidate an inheritance Axel had not even known about! New York Times
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Please tell me he hasn't procreated! We've got enough idiots in this world.
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 09/19 at 06:38 AM
I'm confused. How much was this highschool teacher making exactly in order to have missed the fact that such a large amount of her paycheck wasn't going into the bank?
Assuming she even made 150k a year, which is doubtful, half of her paycheck would go missing every month.
I also find the Nigeria scam a little sketchy too. I guess I could believe it from a guy that continued to linger around after forging checks for 600k. Then again I wonder how the money was traced and whether it wasn't simply sent offshore to be recollected at a later date. Or, better still, stuck in a really big sock under the bullshirters bed.
What's a bullshirter?
Mr. Axel was accused of stealing more than $150,000 from the teacher in 2002 and 2003.
Assuming she even made 150k a year, which is doubtful, half of her paycheck would go missing every month.
I also find the Nigeria scam a little sketchy too. I guess I could believe it from a guy that continued to linger around after forging checks for 600k. Then again I wonder how the money was traced and whether it wasn't simply sent offshore to be recollected at a later date. Or, better still, stuck in a really big sock under the bullshirters bed.
What's a bullshirter?
Posted by Pablo in Jonestown on 09/19 at 07:01 AM
I had a very nice gentleman in Nigeria offer to help me liquidate an inheritance I didn't know I had too! Wow... small world!!! 
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 09/19 at 08:14 AM
Better yet, guys and gals, I've got a line on an old fix-er-upper here in central Athens, Greece. In fact it's the 2ed highest spot in Athens and the 360 view is to die for! I'm accepting bids here starting at 2.5M.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/19 at 10:05 AM
Pablo, if you know of a teaching job that pays $150,000 a year, well, consider this a letter of application.
Posted by Big Gary in Athens, Texas on 09/19 at 11:11 AM
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