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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; As coalition consigns the FSA to history, its light touch is already being missed in City</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; As coalition consigns the FSA to history, its light touch is already being missed in City</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] UK banks were actually solvent or taking outrageous risks, got sidelined or ignored. And its shocking inability to protect consumers from the more rapacious financial firms earned it the nickname the [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Veronica</title>
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		<dc:creator>Veronica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting article, Ian.

&#039;Money&#039; = &#039;Credit&#039; (check any ledger, Bank Statement, etc) ... and the primary/generalised definition of &#039;credit&#039; is what? 

The dictionary says: &quot;Faith placed in something&quot;. So &#039;money&#039; = &#039;faith&#039; = &#039;belief&#039; = &#039;imagination&#039; = CONCEPT. (Any RELIGION = &quot;Faith placed in something&quot;)

So ... is this what it&#039;s all about then? Religions? If not, what is the &#039;source of money&#039;?

According to the Bank of England&#039;s First Quarterly Bulletin for 2008, Page 103 (PDF Page 105), bottom-left paragraph:

&quot;Subject only but crucially to confidence in their soundness, banks extend credit by simply increasing the borrowing customer&#039;s current account, which can be paid away to wherever the borrower wants by the bank &#039;writing a cheque on itself&#039;. That is, banks extend credit by creating money.&quot;

A source link to that bulletin is: 

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/quarterlybulletin/qb0801.pdf

Take your thinking from there: Money is created out of thin air.

(Religions also come out of thin air, of course)

I have a banknote. It says on it &quot;I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF £20&quot;. Has anyone ever seen &quot;A SUM OF £20&quot; ... or have you only ever seem bits of paper PROMISING it?

&#039;Money&#039; = The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting article, Ian.</p>
<p>&#8216;Money&#8217; = &#8216;Credit&#8217; (check any ledger, Bank Statement, etc) &#8230; and the primary/generalised definition of &#8216;credit&#8217; is what? </p>
<p>The dictionary says: &#8220;Faith placed in something&#8221;. So &#8216;money&#8217; = &#8216;faith&#8217; = &#8216;belief&#8217; = &#8216;imagination&#8217; = CONCEPT. (Any RELIGION = &#8220;Faith placed in something&#8221;)</p>
<p>So &#8230; is this what it&#8217;s all about then? Religions? If not, what is the &#8216;source of money&#8217;?</p>
<p>According to the Bank of England&#8217;s First Quarterly Bulletin for 2008, Page 103 (PDF Page 105), bottom-left paragraph:</p>
<p>&#8220;Subject only but crucially to confidence in their soundness, banks extend credit by simply increasing the borrowing customer&#8217;s current account, which can be paid away to wherever the borrower wants by the bank &#8216;writing a cheque on itself&#8217;. That is, banks extend credit by creating money.&#8221;</p>
<p>A source link to that bulletin is: </p>
<p><a href="http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/quarterlybulletin/qb0801.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/quarterlybulletin/qb0801.pdf</a></p>
<p>Take your thinking from there: Money is created out of thin air.</p>
<p>(Religions also come out of thin air, of course)</p>
<p>I have a banknote. It says on it &#8220;I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF £20&#8243;. Has anyone ever seen &#8220;A SUM OF £20&#8243; &#8230; or have you only ever seem bits of paper PROMISING it?</p>
<p>&#8216;Money&#8217; = The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Tolerance of &#8216;white collar&#8217; crime by UK authorities must stop</title>
		<link>http://www.ianfraser.org/have-the-regulators-become-aiders-and-abetters-of-financial-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-50121</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Tolerance of &#8216;white collar&#8217; crime by UK authorities must stop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 09:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] HBOS / Vavasseur [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; FSA sued over &#8216;botched&#8217; Cameron Farley case</title>
		<link>http://www.ianfraser.org/have-the-regulators-become-aiders-and-abetters-of-financial-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-49658</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; FSA sued over &#8216;botched&#8217; Cameron Farley case</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] are strong parallels with the FSA&#8217;s serial failings in its handling of the Vavasseur fraud [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Sants is leaving a sinking ship</title>
		<link>http://www.ianfraser.org/have-the-regulators-become-aiders-and-abetters-of-financial-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-38333</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Sants is leaving a sinking ship</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] To read about the FSA&#8217;s involvement in covering up the HBOS / Vavasseur fraud click here [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] To read about the FSA&#8217;s involvement in covering up the HBOS / Vavasseur fraud click here [...]</p>
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		<title>By: One Voice action group</title>
		<link>http://www.ianfraser.org/have-the-regulators-become-aiders-and-abetters-of-financial-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-37024</link>
		<dc:creator>One Voice action group</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even worse is that the Bank of Scotland and their group actually FUND-RAISED the Vavasseur fraud, using the &#039;Vavasseur&#039; infrastructure and set up of offshore companies as collecting points, exclusively for their own profits: through misappropriation of funds which entailed:- to gather as much &quot;collateral&quot; as they could, unscrupulously procured from equity release on PEOPLE&#039;S FAMILY HOMES, pensions, savings and the like.  Most have now moved into rented accommodation as HBOS &quot;went in for the kill&quot; and issued FRAUDULENT MORTGAGE POSSESSION CLAIMS (as in our own case) EVEN WHEN WE HAD NO MORTGAGE (only a Term Loan &quot;business facility secured on our property, when the facility was never even drawn by us) - and abusing the court process who are aiding and abetting this criminal bank to defraud its customers.

This true story sounds so incredible that it has so far taken eight long years to even begin to penetrate the depths of corruption that exist in this excuse for a &quot;bank&quot; -- which is protected by both the useless and crime-dependent FSA as well as HMCS where our Judges and officers of the court have been also widely corrupted and &#039;nobbled&#039; by the Banks that the Law is tossed over their shoulder and evidence no longer even counts.  They have one Agenda only: State Terror through the Scottish Financial Mafia (government, banks, courts).  

Don&#039;t believe this?  Then answer me how come a &#039;strike out application&#039; (which we issued recently) on a fraudulent mortgage possession claim could possibly fail when no evidence exists (or has ever existed) of a Mortgage agreement   Yes, but it did fail and was unlawfully dismissed ... and the bent Judge actually ASKED, invited, and encouraged the bank&#039;s &quot;barrister&quot; to claim costs, even though the case and evidence had not even been heard or heeded, and even though he had not submitted these &#039;costs&#039; to the court 24 hours prior, as required by the Court Rules!  

The biased and ill-behaved judge said &quot;how much do you want ?&quot; and the corrupt barrister replied &quot;oh - about a £1,000&quot; -- for one hour&#039;s attendance.  Does that sound a bit too much like a pre-meditated corporate bullying session?  Indeed: it involves the worst form of organised crime, between criminals who disregard the law and who are masquerading as court and legal &#039;officials&#039;.  And all of US are allowing this outrageous state of affairs to persist -- count me out.  I&#039;ve had enough of this criminality in our courts and intend to expose the corruption therein. Care to join me?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even worse is that the Bank of Scotland and their group actually FUND-RAISED the Vavasseur fraud, using the &#8216;Vavasseur&#8217; infrastructure and set up of offshore companies as collecting points, exclusively for their own profits: through misappropriation of funds which entailed:- to gather as much &#8220;collateral&#8221; as they could, unscrupulously procured from equity release on PEOPLE&#8217;S FAMILY HOMES, pensions, savings and the like.  Most have now moved into rented accommodation as HBOS &#8220;went in for the kill&#8221; and issued FRAUDULENT MORTGAGE POSSESSION CLAIMS (as in our own case) EVEN WHEN WE HAD NO MORTGAGE (only a Term Loan &#8220;business facility secured on our property, when the facility was never even drawn by us) &#8211; and abusing the court process who are aiding and abetting this criminal bank to defraud its customers.</p>
<p>This true story sounds so incredible that it has so far taken eight long years to even begin to penetrate the depths of corruption that exist in this excuse for a &#8220;bank&#8221; &#8212; which is protected by both the useless and crime-dependent FSA as well as HMCS where our Judges and officers of the court have been also widely corrupted and &#8216;nobbled&#8217; by the Banks that the Law is tossed over their shoulder and evidence no longer even counts.  They have one Agenda only: State Terror through the Scottish Financial Mafia (government, banks, courts).  </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t believe this?  Then answer me how come a &#8216;strike out application&#8217; (which we issued recently) on a fraudulent mortgage possession claim could possibly fail when no evidence exists (or has ever existed) of a Mortgage agreement   Yes, but it did fail and was unlawfully dismissed &#8230; and the bent Judge actually ASKED, invited, and encouraged the bank&#8217;s &#8220;barrister&#8221; to claim costs, even though the case and evidence had not even been heard or heeded, and even though he had not submitted these &#8216;costs&#8217; to the court 24 hours prior, as required by the Court Rules!  </p>
<p>The biased and ill-behaved judge said &#8220;how much do you want ?&#8221; and the corrupt barrister replied &#8220;oh &#8211; about a £1,000&#8243; &#8212; for one hour&#8217;s attendance.  Does that sound a bit too much like a pre-meditated corporate bullying session?  Indeed: it involves the worst form of organised crime, between criminals who disregard the law and who are masquerading as court and legal &#8216;officials&#8217;.  And all of US are allowing this outrageous state of affairs to persist &#8212; count me out.  I&#8217;ve had enough of this criminality in our courts and intend to expose the corruption therein. Care to join me?</p>
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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; HBOS: When did the rot set in? And were shareholders asleep at the wheel?</title>
		<link>http://www.ianfraser.org/have-the-regulators-become-aiders-and-abetters-of-financial-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-37017</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; HBOS: When did the rot set in? And were shareholders asleep at the wheel?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] May 2001 Fraser Mackay, head of specialist mortgages in Bank of Scotland&#8217;s Manchester branch, is actively encouraging clients to take out mortgages and equity-release loans with Bank of Scotland on condition they &#8220;invest&#8221; the money in the Vavasseur Corporation&#8217;s &#8220;Ponzi&#8221; scheme. Other firms persuading customers to channel funds into the fraud include St James Place Capital (60% owned by Halifax) and Scotts Private Client Services, managed by accountant John Dryburgh. After  clients lose $250m (because Vavasseur is a fraudulent scheme), the bank seeks to repossess their homes. Shin Gangar and Alan White of accountancy firm Dobb White &amp; Co are later convicted and jailed for seven and a half years each for peddling the fraud.  Their trial is considered by some to form part of an elaborate cover-up in which the FSA, Dobb White&#8217;s liquidators Baker Tilly and other regulatory bodies were complicit. BoS has so far got off Scot-free for its role in promoting the fraud. See: The bank, the regulator and the Vavasseur fraud [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] May 2001 Fraser Mackay, head of specialist mortgages in Bank of Scotland&#8217;s Manchester branch, is actively encouraging clients to take out mortgages and equity-release loans with Bank of Scotland on condition they &#8220;invest&#8221; the money in the Vavasseur Corporation&#8217;s &#8220;Ponzi&#8221; scheme. Other firms persuading customers to channel funds into the fraud include St James Place Capital (60% owned by Halifax) and Scotts Private Client Services, managed by accountant John Dryburgh. After  clients lose $250m (because Vavasseur is a fraudulent scheme), the bank seeks to repossess their homes. Shin Gangar and Alan White of accountancy firm Dobb White &amp; Co are later convicted and jailed for seven and a half years each for peddling the fraud.  Their trial is considered by some to form part of an elaborate cover-up in which the FSA, Dobb White&#8217;s liquidators Baker Tilly and other regulatory bodies were complicit. BoS has so far got off Scot-free for its role in promoting the fraud. See: The bank, the regulator and the Vavasseur fraud [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Terry Holligan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terry Holligan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The more I read about HBOS the more i am astounded at the deceit, the dishonesty and the ducking and diving to defraud its own customers -- that means us. It&#039;s incredible. Aided and abetted by guess who, the policticians (expenses come to mind) and Government ministers banks became a unit with free rein to rob the public blind. They are no better than a well-trained bunch of pickpockets and thieves ... There was zero accountability ... no scruples ... no social hearts ... these guys are dangerous ... I just hope, hope, hope some go to jail.

The banks were aided and abetted by politicians their lawyers too (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dentonwildesapte.com/people/individual_profiles/m/rory_mcalpine.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rory McAlpine&lt;/a&gt;, of Denton Wilde Sapte springs to mind).

They developed a system which masquerades as business but is actually high-rolling theft and pretended they had the law behind them. In reality, much of what these guys get up to is illegal, if not CRIMINAL.

Billy Bragg is spot on with his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&amp;gid=417490570190&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NoBonus4RBS&lt;/a&gt; campaign. We should have him in politics ASAP to help clean up politics and the banks, and the professional services firms. 

Billy we&#039;re with you all the way. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The more I read about HBOS the more i am astounded at the deceit, the dishonesty and the ducking and diving to defraud its own customers &#8212; that means us. It&#8217;s incredible. Aided and abetted by guess who, the policticians (expenses come to mind) and Government ministers banks became a unit with free rein to rob the public blind. They are no better than a well-trained bunch of pickpockets and thieves &#8230; There was zero accountability &#8230; no scruples &#8230; no social hearts &#8230; these guys are dangerous &#8230; I just hope, hope, hope some go to jail.</p>
<p>The banks were aided and abetted by politicians their lawyers too (<a href="http://www.dentonwildesapte.com/people/individual_profiles/m/rory_mcalpine.aspx" rel="nofollow">Rory McAlpine</a>, of Denton Wilde Sapte springs to mind).</p>
<p>They developed a system which masquerades as business but is actually high-rolling theft and pretended they had the law behind them. In reality, much of what these guys get up to is illegal, if not CRIMINAL.</p>
<p>Billy Bragg is spot on with his <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&#038;gid=417490570190" rel="nofollow">NoBonus4RBS</a> campaign. We should have him in politics ASAP to help clean up politics and the banks, and the professional services firms. </p>
<p>Billy we&#8217;re with you all the way.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; OPEN LETTER TO GORDON BROWN RE: HBOS/LLOYDS</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; OPEN LETTER TO GORDON BROWN RE: HBOS/LLOYDS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] was sent by the Treasury to Mrs Elizabeth Watson on this subject. As Mrs Watson is a victim of the HBOS/Vavasseur fraud and not HBOS Reading fraud and as she did not write to the Treasury on this matter, she assumed the [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Press freedom - 1, Interbrew and FSA - 0</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Press freedom - 1, Interbrew and FSA - 0</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] made me think of the way in which the English Courts have conspired to cover up the complicity of certain leading high-street banks in the Vavasseur &#8216;Ponzi&#8217; fraud. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] made me think of the way in which the English Courts have conspired to cover up the complicity of certain leading high-street banks in the Vavasseur &#8216;Ponzi&#8217; fraud. [...]</p>
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