«
»

Robin Hood Bankerin

It’s not enough that the government imposes confiscatory taxes and funds all sorts of entitlement programs, in Germany a bank manager was taking money from the “rich” clients to give to the “poor”:
German banker admits transferring money from rich to help poorer clients

The 62-year-old branch head of one German bank was hailed as a hero after she confessed to transferring money from rich customers to help her poorer clients. Already, she has been dubbed “Die Robin Hood Bankerin”.

She was given a 22-month suspended sentence after moving more than €7.6m (£6.9m) in 117 transfers between 2003 and 2005. The court in Bonn was told that the employee, who has not been named, took no money for herself.

The judge referred to her stealing as “altruistic behavior”.

Here in the US we get the government to take our money and bailout the banks and financial firms because they are “too big to fail”.

That German judge would be impressed.

Tags: , ,

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 3:50 pm and is filed under Germany. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

6 Responses to “Robin Hood Bankerin”

  1. Tweets that mention Fausta’s Blog » Blog Archive » Robin Hood Bankerin -- Topsy.com Says:
    November 25th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Fausta and Fausta, Fausta. Fausta said: Robin Hood Bankerin: It’s not enough that the government imposes confiscatory taxes and funds all sorts of entitl… http://bit.ly/8iTuHR [...]

  2. Pat Patterson Says:
    November 25th, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    There is an addendum. After making his ruling the judge found that someone had appropriated his car and left a note saying that his needs were greater than the judge’s. The judge nodded his head to the truthfulness of that statement and then took off all his clothes and left them in the parking lot in case someone came along that would deserve the judge’s “…altruistic behavior.”

  3. Fausta Says:
    November 25th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    Hah! That would have served him right, Pat.

  4. Mondoreb Says:
    November 26th, 2009 at 1:17 am

    Natl Tea Party Convention, Turkeys, the Goremons: Morning Intell…

    Morning Intell: Weekday Edition:
    Thursday – November 26, 2009 THANKSGIVING DAY

    CEREMONY INTERRUPTED BY FREEDOM FIGHTERS: Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon Ceremony Gone Bad

    Yesterday’s Morning INTELL: Houston Readers Rebel, Climate Hoax, Cat…..

  5. Natl Tea Party Convention, Turkeys, the Goremans: Morning Intell « DBKP at WordPress Says:
    November 26th, 2009 at 1:18 am

    [...] in the history of prostitutes. And Eliot Spitzer called and asked for her number.” Robin Hood Bankerin USEFUL: Climategate Roundup DBKP Report VIDEO of the DAY: Vertical [...]

  6. Fausta’s Blog » Blog Archive » More bad mortgages Says:
    December 1st, 2009 at 8:59 am

    [...] Give it time and someone in DC will come up with ways to force banks to do some Robin Hood Bankerin. [...]