Conrad Black
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That mongrel dog should of been in jail years ago..that lowlife tried to dip into the pension fund of Dominion workers while he owned that chain of grocery stores..but canadian law seems to treat white collar crime with kid gloves..it took the Americans to do something about the guy...what must really get to the Lord is the fact that is life long buddy and business partner ratted him out....
It's a sad day for Canadian Justice system as a whole.
Conrad Black is not only locco (addition to entitlement and status) but also a hoodlum wearing tailor made expesnive suit stealing widows and orphans money, instead of whacking or mugging peoples like the Sorpranos (sorry Italian terbites...)
Only the Americans have the balls, the resources and determination to nail this megalomaniac, something the Canadians are either indifferent or do not have the stomach and backbones to confront these issues. Canadian politicans are too "small town" and busy to focus on petty politics and protect their financial turfs/jurisdication.
Don't hold you breath to have a Canadian version of SEC or vigorous laws to prosecute white collar crimes in the foreseable future.
No wonder why many of the white collar criminals find it easy to apply their trades here as the securities regulatory regimes here resemble "Banana Republic", not the one owned by the GAP/Crap.
Conrad Black is not only locco (addition to entitlement and status) but also a hoodlum wearing tailor made expesnive suit stealing widows and orphans money, instead of whacking or mugging peoples like the Sorpranos (sorry Italian terbites...)
Only the Americans have the balls, the resources and determination to nail this megalomaniac, something the Canadians are either indifferent or do not have the stomach and backbones to confront these issues. Canadian politicans are too "small town" and busy to focus on petty politics and protect their financial turfs/jurisdication.
Don't hold you breath to have a Canadian version of SEC or vigorous laws to prosecute white collar crimes in the foreseable future.
No wonder why many of the white collar criminals find it easy to apply their trades here as the securities regulatory regimes here resemble "Banana Republic", not the one owned by the GAP/Crap.
It's pretty clear that the man is a criminal. He makes boxes of files, which contain corporate documentation, disappear; he, along with Asper, place a law firm in a complete conflict of interest in order to strike a deal within a given period of time -- and, who knows what was mishandled with respect to that process...we never will know, as no ILC was ever asked to review the so called CanWest deal "non-compete", or be party to the many phone calls and information that went back and forth between the two parties. How in the world would any shareholder accept the fact that deals were done without the proper legal due diligence, and were done with a high profile Canadian law firm in a complete conflict of interest. Finally, it was quite clear at the trial that the non-compete plan was an afterthought, and one that was not requested by the buyers of the U.S. publications. They merely signed the documents to close off the deals. I'd suggest (and I believe the jurors thought this too) that the structure of the U.S. deals leaves the CanWest non-compete in question too. What independent legal verification is there to counter the notion that Black suggested the non-compete to Asper, in order to support a cash skim? There is none, because none was asked to sit at the table.rubmeister100 said:
Any juror could see that the so called non-compete was a pure cash skim, and it was also pretty clear that it was a last minute ploy to support the skim. I doubt he'll do much jail time...but, he's a criminal -- plain and simple. He stole $60 Million from shareholders; they found that out; and they got him. Good for them!
Conrad renounced his Canadian Citizenship to become a member of the House of Lords. Now, no longer a Canadian and a convicted felon, is he eligible to re-enter the country?
A word of advice for the sumbag. Don't drop the soap in the shower in jail, or you'll end up someone's girlfriend
A word of advice for the sumbag. Don't drop the soap in the shower in jail, or you'll end up someone's girlfriend
Oh yes, if ever there was a cold self serving bitch, it's her.petemeat said:
"My extravagence knows no bonds" she once said. Hard to be extravangant if the old man runs out of dough.
Mind you, she's hardly a spring chicken. If you were a rich old fuck worth mega millions would you really be interested in a 60 something year old gold digger, or would you go for the 24 year old model gold digger
Canadian law treats ALL criminals with kid gloves period. Our so called justice system is a joke.twobigo said:
You can kill someone (that sylvester guy in Markham) and get 16 years. That guy who killed that poor lady out walking with her son because he was drunk out of his mind will get maybe 4 to 6 months. Those punks who killed that cab driver got house arrest for a year (to sit at home and play nintendo).
Its' crazy.
Excellent post. You hit the nail right on the head as to Conrad's attitude that it's all really his to do with as he pleases.rubmeister100 said:
I think that Connie really believes that most of us are just serfs, and he is our lord.
Do you remember that fat guy in Braveheart who was the English lord who claimed his right of "prima nocta" with the guy's wife because it was his right to do so as a lord? Connie reminds me of that guy, just he can't do it because the law won't let him -but he sure thinks that he should be able to.
Has Conrad ever done a decent thing in his life? Anything that wasn't motivated by Conrad and his greed? Has he even done any kind of support work for a local charity? Not that I can think of. The Thompson family could buy and sell Conrad, but I know that they are very much into giving back through the arts and charities. The only thing that Conrad has ever given back is the contents of his toilet bowl.
I agree that Connie should run because they are going to throw the book at him and he's not going to be attending any costume parties dressed as a pimp any time soon.
He should also have been charged with transferring $400MM from the public company to his own private company for his own personal use. He called the $400MM "management fees". (Frank Stronach doing the same at Magna.)
Black could 'easily stay out of jail' until 2009 say experts:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/conrad_black_trial
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/conrad_black_trial
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Just what I thought, the gutless judge granted him bail:
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/237773
Now watch him skip the country
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/237773
Now watch him skip the country
