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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by paulddraper on Friday March 10, 2023 @08:25PM (#35104023)
> should be criminally charged

For what crime?

If someone unintentionally but ineptly writes code that crashes Amazon on Black Friday, did they commit a crime?

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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by chippiewill on Friday March 10, 2023 @09:07PM (#35104361)
It's possible to be criminally negligent. If you took unnecessary risks then it can carry a criminal element.
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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by zenlikethat on Saturday March 11, 2023 @12:19AM (#35105651)
MBS are literally one of the safest looking bets imaginable, most likely Silvergate blasted a huge hole in their books and set off a cascade of trouble
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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by HDThoreaun on Saturday March 11, 2023 @01:47AM (#35106107)
Long term fixed income at near 0 percent interest when you might have to give the money you used to buy it back is very risky, as we see here.
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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by paulddraper on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:27PM (#35112344)
What's a safer investment?
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