Occupy protesters, taking aim at what they dubbed Wall Street West, were arrested after converging on Wells Fargo & Co.’s headquarters in San Francisco today in a bid to shut down the city’s Financial District. Demonstrators shouting “Give Us Our Money Back” and saying they wanted the bank to stop foreclosures chained themselves to entrances of the bank. Seven people were arrested, according to police Lieutenant Liam Frost. The arrests were made at the request of a Wells Fargo representative, Frost said. [BW, related]
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Unfounded Rumor Of The Morning: Which Bank’s “Water Guy” Was Arrested For Installing Some Unauthorized Cameras?
By Bess LevinApparently “the guy that delivers water bottles to the trading floor” of a certain bank was escorted out of the building in handcuffs today, for “installing cameras in the men’s bathroom.” That’s all we know at this time. If you have any intel on the situation, or suspect you may have been filmed yourself, do get in touch! Continue reading »
Apparently they were unaware Swiss banks aren’t supposed to do that anymore. Continue reading »
Here’s An Example Of An Email The Money Manager Arrested For Threatening To Kill 47 Regulatory Officials Sent
By Bess LevinPer the complaint, this note, which went to a CFTC staffer, was accompanied by the subject line “You’re not getting away with this…Merry Christmas!”
Here’s another sent 16 hours later to the chairman of the CFTC one involving midgets. Continue reading »
If so, someone didn’t tell money manager Vincent McCrudden, who, according to CNBC, was arrested today by the FBI for things of that nature (he allegedly made told a total of 47 “US financial regulatory officials” that he might kill them). Continue reading »
According to CNBC’s Kate Kelly, those cuffed were Walter Shimoon (of Flextronics), Mark Anthony Longoria (of AMD), Manosha Karunatilaka (of Taiwan Semiconductor North America) and James Fleishman (of Primary Global Research). Continue reading »
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