I ask the following what your elders taught you:

• Separately, the Treasury’s acting assistant secretary for financial markets, Karthik Ramanathan, told subordinates in an email: “Please let’s stick to the ‘Modernization of Auction Rules’ when outside requests come in on the (rule) change. Please DO NOT emphasize the guaranteed bid portion, or mention any specific investors.”
• Reddy and Padma Allen – ” a married couple, Reddy and Padma Allen, the two top executives of a New Jersey-based subcontractor on the project called TechnoDyne, were indicted by a federal grand jury. They have not been located. They are naturalized US citizens from India and are thought to have returned to that country“
• Raj Rajaratnum – guilty of securities fraud, insider trading…

Were these your inspirational gurus?:

• Worldcom guilty plea dealers
• Hussein Salem
• Mad about Madoff

A look back.