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Valued Member
United States
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Yes - Of course I read the article. I still expressed my opinion. And I stand by it.
Edited by Larryh86GT
10/23/2011 6:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like another movie sell for Hollywood, will buy the story from the son and the mother.
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 United States
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If even half the allegations in that story about how the banks handled her repeated warnings are true, they're as complicit as the son.
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Valued Member
United States
115 Posts |
Anyway, that's 6000 Australian dollars per day--not worth what they once were, but a pretty good haul for a teen!
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And guess who pays in the end? All those ebay buyers were probably protected and what did ebay do? All legit buyers and holders of credit accounts end up paying for what the lenders should have been responsible for after they were informed what was happening. The kid is the criminal followed by the credit issuers a close second. |
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Australia
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Anyway, that's 6000 Australian dollars per day--not worth what they once were, but a pretty good haul for a teen! Someone is obviously living in a hill billy county.  The Australian dollar is worth more that the US dollar. I believe it was $1.03 this morning. A couple of weeks ago it was $1.10. |
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United States
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Well, it's my turn to stir the pot:  Australian dollar is way down from its highs versus the USD. Not that I'd mind having a few thousand per day.... |
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Australia
652 Posts |
You should be turning that graph upside down. Australia is way up from its lows versus the USD. And I agree, I'd like a few thousand. It would go on coins, not penthouses.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't claim to know much about US law, let alone Australian law, but it seems to me that the "...friend over the age of 18 who claimed to be his guardian..." has a lot of liability for at least any fraud committed using the first account.
I helped my 17 year old open an account (US) and was not only told that I had to sign for it as co-owner and primary responsible person but also HAD to get a debit card in my name on the account if I wanted her to have one in her name.
As for the mother's case it is not clear to me what damages she suffered from reading the article beyond the stress caused by having a bad son.
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Someone is obviously living in a hill billy county. Easy now....and I know you meant to say country, not county. Pretty big talk by a member of a former penal colony. |
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Australia
652 Posts |
I did mean county.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2335 Posts |
I'm not a lawyer but isn't it illegal for a bank to divulge information about and/or discuss the details of an account with a third party without a court order?
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Valued Member
United States
458 Posts |
This kid was smart. Reminds me of Catch Me If You Can.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm with Larry. The mom talks like she had no control and that the banks are at fault. Her son defrauded them and others and her "only recourse" was to go to the victims ( banks ) and ask them to stop it from their end? The kid used fraudulent methods to scam and ripoff, there will never be 100% protection from that built into any system. People want others to protect them from themselves? How about you ground your 14 year old and not LET him go eat and live lavishly? And punish him sternly for scamming ANYONE. He obviously has no morals or scruples and that ultimately is HER FAULT! Blaming others for her lack of parenting - ridiculous! Is the suit her attempt to protect HIM from runining his "credit/rep" future? Or because she has inherited some of the "fallout" from his rip-offs? Either way it is ultimately HER FAULT for letting him run amok and HIS for being a scumbag. They can both rot in jail AFAIC! |
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United States
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I don't think the article gives enough detail for any of us to actually know what happened, so (as usual) we are left to form our own opinions based only on the small part of the story we are getting from the article.
I suppose it's appropriate to say, don't believe everything that you read.
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Posted 10/23/2011 6:52 pm
