“Portugal and private funds can rescue the bank. Its problems are not related to its core business but to the actions of the family shareholders, in particular former chairman and chief executive Ricardo Salgado, 70, has been arrested and is being examined by a judge as part of an investigation of large scale money laundering.
The question remains whether the authorities should have stepped in sooner.
Salgado is a very prominent businessman in Portugal, Europe and Brazil. After he announced his intention to retire, and hand the reins to his cousin José Maria Ricciardi, some skeletons were found in the cupboards related to investments in Angola (a former Portuguese colony) and dodgy tax filings that threatened to pull the entire house of cards down.” – Marcel Michelson, Forbes
… ou, quando o “neo-liberalismo” entra no modo “nacionalização comunista”, ou “intervencionismo coreano” para resolver o único problema importante – as perdas da malta. Despesa do Estado? Ora essa… façam favor, os bolsos dos contribuintes estão sempre abertos às falências e cobertura de crimes dessa malta.