A look at the worst excesses, scams and low-finance shenanigans of the world's global elite

No single year holds a monopoly on bad behavior among the decadently rich. Bernard Madoff, the disgraced New York money manager, has been scamming investors for a decade or more, according to the SEC. But this was the year of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and when the tide went out on high finance, it revealed a lot of rotting fish on the sandy floor beneath. From a hedge fund manager who faked his suicide to a tyrant's wife who splurges on Ferragamos while her people starve, here's our look at the worst excesses of the global moneyed elite.

 
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  • Posted By: kalamere @ 09/28/2009 8:05:59 PM

    What no disgusting rich Hollywood types!!!!!!

  • Posted By: greed is 0 @ 07/22/2009 4:33:25 PM

    Newsweek has circled the carcass but missed the landing. It's not just the rich in these pictures who have or do act badly. It's MOST of them.

    The acid responses to angry people who are disgusted by the abusive, condescending excesses of the wealthy miss the point as well.

    The folks who have LOST their jobs, been BETRAYED by unremorseful TRAITORS and cast aside like yesterday's dirty underwear by these poor excuses of humanity don't want the wealth that have created voracious, greedy money monsters.

    The good hard-working people of this nation just want the spoiled brat pigs to go home, be quiet and enjoy their pirates' booty without interfering with the nation, its industry, its laws or its airwaves so they can get on with their lives without worrying about "the man" or "the good 'ol boys".

    If we never hear from them again it will be too soon.

    That's not likely though, is it. You see it's the unjustified EGOS of these bloated sociopaths that push them to the brink. They actually BELIEVE that they're something special. Sad really.

    They are convinced that they're all of that while all they are is money rich. Take away the money and you are left with nothing more than a sorry excuse that eats, drinks, defecates and whines just like everyone else on the planet.

    Jealous? Nah. Just go away.

  • Posted By: drewand @ 07/20/2009 5:58:12 PM

    We need to blame ourselves for the behavior of the greedy. As long as people have a place to sleep, food to eat and a TV set to get lost in we tend to ignore the bad behavior. The real problem is the connection to Congress and how these wealthy people are able to continue to steal from society. There needs to be term limits and every congressman needs to be investigated for special interest gifting. You know that when 80% of the population wants something and we can't get it there has to be special interest holding up progress for greed.

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