'Robin Hood' banker sentence suspended

[The Straight Story]

'Robin Hood' banker sentence suspended


BONN, Germany, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A German banker has drawn a suspended sentence for transferring $11.5 million from wealthy account holders to those of poorer ones, her attorney says.

Attorney Thomas Ohm said his unidentified client, dubbed "Die Robin Hood Bankerin," was given a 22-month suspended sentence by a Bonn court for making the unauthorized transfers between 2003 and 2005, keeping none for herself, the British newspaper The Guardian reported Wednesday.

"The accused hasn't put 1 cent in her own pocket," Ohm told the newspaper. "She did it purely out of sympathy with people who were suffering financially."

The banker, Ohm said, was a "good samaritan" akin to the Bertolt Brecht character Mother Courage, who believes she can do good in a bad world.

Prosecutors reportedly accused the employee of allowing overdrafts for customers not qualified for them and using money from richer customers' accounts to temporarily cover them during the bank's monthly audits.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/25/Robin-Hood-banker-sentence-suspended/UPI-92961259167681/

[treestar]

1. ROFL!

She should run for office!

[Nikki Stone1]

2. But the rich really didn't lose any money out of it. It was a temporary auditing trick.

I don't think she should do any time at all. All she did was prevent the bank from squeezing the poor who don't have the money anyway. She made a criminal institution a little less criminal. Oh the horror!

[Hannah Bell]

6. interesting. "socialized banking".

[Toucano]

8. The bank probably lost fees they would have collected on the poor clients.

So, I guess they consider that a loss.

I say fuck 'em and their "money for nothin'" oppressive policies.

[Nikki Stone1]

9. Oh, my heart fucking bleeds for the banks! 70% interest on credit cards (Citibank) and

fees galore on people who can't pay them. Plus, they do everything they can to get your house from you, even when you are trying to follow their instructions and trying to restructure your loan.

Fuck the banks. No bank depositors lost money, the hard up got to keep the wolf from the door, so I have no pity that the banks didn't get to gorge themselves. In my mind, what that woman did is a moral act.

[pansypoo53219]

3. if only more would do it

but banks would say she stole their profits.

[Greyhound]

4. Good thing she's not American, if she were she'd be sentenced to decades in prison.

You can kill, rape, and steal from the poor with little to fear, but stealing from the rich will get you killed quick.

[Engineer4Obama]

5. The world could use more criminals like this one n/t

[Toucano]

7. She deserves to have a statue erected to honor her.

Too bad she remains unidentified.