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To: Brumar89 who wrote (589818)	10/13/2010 11:55:51 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573682

It's probably true that Giannoulias was not fully briefed on their illegal activity, which is the sort of thing felons rarely publicize even to their financial enablers. But he and his colleagues did know — or should have known — enough to show these clients the door. Not only had Giorango served prison time in the 1990s for his involvement in illegal bookmaking, but he and Stavropoulos had been convicted, in 2004, of new felonies for which they later served prison time. How is it that men looking for official, normal loans from a bank didn't have their criminal activity flagged as problematic when the bank did its due diligence on back ground checks? It really is impossible to believe that all these facts just slipped right past the officials at Broadway Bank and Alexi Giannoulias. When is it against the law to give a criminal credit? If that were true, many Rs, including Tom Delay, would have to pay cash wherever they go.