Seanie Fitz. RIP

what is there to blame?

he didn't do anything illegal at the time.

rules is rules. your opinion (nor mine) is not rules.

also his loans weren't the reason the sh1t him the fan

He most certainly did.

Why people feel compelled to stick up for this man I'll never know, but it's clear that they know very little about what actually occurred

Which of his family had millions in loans written off?

That's a fairly serious claim to make.

Whoever told Casey it was a good idea to do what he did was not a lawyer and so, as the Supreme Court ruled regarding Casey's appeal, Casey couldn't use officially-induced error against the prosecution's case. Is it really that difficult for a senior banker to say No?! If Anglo had been allowed to collapse then FitzPatrick, Drumm, McAteer, Casey and others would have simply walked away with their pensions without even being arrested.

Remember this ...

Or maybe look up this....

From Indo on Jul9th 2010

FitzPatrick's wife and children borrowed money from Anglo for a series of property investments.

Fearing that the bank would pursue them for the millions they borrowed as the financial crisis deepened last year, FitzPatrick sought to protect them by offering to swap a greater share in the Nigerian field in return for a promise that his children and wife would not be pursued.

He also offered greater security over other assets, sources strongly emphasised.

In February 2009, the bank agreed to do this. Effectively, this meant that FitzPatrick's wife and children would only be liable for the worth of the properties -- not for the total amount borrowed on them.

Legal papers filed by Anglo state that on February 4, 2009 the bank "did limit its recourse as against the family" and in return Anglo's security over the Nigerian field was "enhanced".

He basically used his own assets to clear off their loans, even though he owed something like 140 million himself.

It was more of his usual shifty moving of money around.

Oh and Anglo had a 87million loan fund that Fitzpatrick and his family could tap into and it was still open to them after he left the bank as his son got a 500k loan for property in New York after the bail out.

Prick's not dead enough.

Ah yes the usual shyte "shure he didn't do anything illegal"

Except his hiding director loans from annual accounts is kinda breaking company law.

At least it usually is for most normal people.

Well supposedly the auditors never saw them, but any auditor worth their salt should, then again the same fiorm auditing was probably also touting for other business much like the rating agencies in US do the bidding of the major institutions.

The fact he did deal to take on the debts of his kids when he already had massive ones of his own is very questionable and underhanded.

Of course he could only do that with the complicity of the bank, the one which was owned and being supported by us the taxpayers at the time.

We will probably get the same type of shyte when old Quinn pops his clogs about how great he was.

And the same people won't bother thinking they have been paying more for every kind of insurance thanks to him.

Important enough for you to reply to

As though that was the be all and end all.

He was acquitted in a number of trials (but you knew that, didn't you?) Anyone who thinks his actions at the helm of Anglo revealed before and during the trials were all kosher obviously lacks a moral compass.

Or you could just read the damn thread.