The three who brought down Wall
Street.
Here's a quick look into the
three former Fannie Mae executives who brought down Wall Street.
Franklin Raines was a Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae. Raines was forced to retire
from his position with Fannie Mae when auditing discovered severe
irregularities in Fannie Mae's accounting activities. Raines left with a
"golden parachute valued at $240 Million in benefits. The Government
filed suit against Raines when the depth of the accounting scandal became
clear.
Tim Howard - was the Chief
Financial Officer of Fannie Mae. Howard "was a strong internal
proponent of using accounting strategies that would ensure a "stable
pattern of earnings" at Fannie. Investigations by federal regulators
and the company's board of directors since concluded that management did
manipulate 1998 earnings to trigger bonuses. Raines and Howard resigned
under pressure in late 2004. Howard's Golden Parachute was estimated at
$20 Million!
Jim Johnson - A former executive
at Lehman Brothers and who was later forced from his position as Fannie Mae
CEO. Investigators found that Fannie Mae had hidden a substantial amount
of Johnson's 1998 compensation from the public, reporting that it was between
$6 million and $7 million when it fact it was $21 million." Johnson is
currently under investigation for taking illegal loans from Countrywide while
serving as CEO of Fannie Mae. Johnson's Golden Parachute was estimated at
$28 Million.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
FRANKLIN RAINES? Raines
works for the Obama Campaign as his Chief Economic Advisor.
TIM HOWARD? Howard is a
Chief Economic Advisor to Obama under Franklin Raines.
JIM JOHNSON? Johnson was
hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was selected to run Obama's Vice
Presidential Search Committee.
Kinda makes you sick to your
stomach. Our government seems to be rotten to the core!!!!
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