And apparently, poses too much of a threat to the world’s economy.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. won’t face criminal prosecution related to sales of mortgage-linked securities because such a move could threaten the U.S. financial system, according to Brad Hintz, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. The U.S. Department of Justice, which is reviewing a Senate subcommittee report that alleged Goldman Sachs misled clients before the financial crisis, will avoid jeopardizing the fifth- largest U.S. bank by assets because it’s viewed as “too big to fail,” Hintz wrote in note to clients today. “If an alleged violation is identified during a Goldman investigation, we expect a reasoned response from the Justice Department,” Hintz wrote. “In a worst case environment, we would expect a ‘too big to fail’ bank such as Goldman to be offered a deferred-prosecution agreement, pay a significant fine and submit to a federal monitor in lieu of a criminal charge.”
There you have it folks. There isn’t really much to add to that, now is there? There is one set of rules for us and another set of rules for them. It also doesn’t hurt that if you are going to do something bad, make sure it is really, REALLY big and horrifying; preferrably something that could destroy the world. You’ll be immune from prosecution for anything. |
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