TheAlligator wrote:
> "Elisa" > wrote:
> >I don't steal pens either, I point out clerk's errors in change, if
I find
> >money on the ground, I try to find the owner...however, if I got a
stock tip
> >from a good friend that could save me from losing $40,000 the very
next day,
> >I am not sure that I am that rightous to ignore the information. I
know I
> >would be tempted....
> >
> >Elisa
> >
> >
> Of course you'd be tempted, Elisa and so would I. Almost everything
> is a temptation - the true test of character is how you respond to
it.
> And from what little I know about you, I'm fairly certain that YOU
> wouldn't have done it, either. Especially if, as in her case, it was
> the equivalent of pocket change. Whatever you think about her, she
is
> certainly not stupid - she knew she committed a federal felony the
> second she made the call.

She wasn't ever charged with fraud. She was charged with lying to the
investigators, and she wasn't even under oath.

N.