Friday, December 12, 2008

Money man - The front page of today's Wall Street Journal screams: "Top broker accused of $50 billion fraud." That's "billion" with a "B." And now Gateway reports that he was a big donor to Democratic candidates.

2 comments:

Brian said...

Did you see the TimesUK article, linked by Drudge, at the bottom?

(This is not in the WSJarticle you linked to)

One investor told The Wall Street Journal: “This is going to kill so many people. It’s absolutely awful.” Ira Roth, from New Jersey, said that his family had $1 million invested, and that he was in a state of panic.

Ira Roth...wonder if Jayson Blair is out there stringing

Anonymous said...

Ira Roth is so a real person! He's 59 and a half years old, and lives next door to Rollo Ver and Will Call.