Pretty much what Nick Leeson did

Dunno where jurisdiction lies; but I'd say his investors have a very strong case.

Do Betfair formally allow this sort of thing or was it a private arrangement just conducted through their forums?

Posted By: BerlinCanary on June 20th 2010 at 13:26:07

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Boredom is an issue for these thick footballers according to Terry (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 20, 12:13:02
- Boredom - offer them basic foreign language skills then (General Chat) - trustsec, Jun 20, 14:44:49
- Like I said to buckscanary yesterday (General Chat) - pants, Jun 20, 13:09:18
- LOL (General Chat) - 1morepost4jame_sward, Jun 20, 12:37:55
- Waddle was talking about that on 5 Live yesterday (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 20, 12:24:43
  - first sensible thing he's ever said! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 12:26:13
- i'm sure it does get boring (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 12:22:03
- It's not just footballers though (General Chat) - The Judge, Jun 20, 12:21:41
  - ok, so it might not be great fun all the time (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 20, 12:32:17
    - sort that out! (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 12:36:05
      - i make up for my low wages with massive winnings (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 20, 12:37:58
        
        seen that betfair staking scam on betfair? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 12:39:25
        
        no? Saw some thread but thought the link was spam (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 20, 12:41:45
        
        oh no not spam lol (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 12:47:06
        
        explain from the start please (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 20, 13:09:16
        
        ok (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 13:14:48
        
        how incredibly stupid! (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 20, 13:46:08
        
        he posted updates throughout the season (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 13:16:03
        
        Pretty much what Nick Leeson did (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 20, 13:26:07
        
        it was a private arrangment on another forum (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 13:31:24
        
        and it's been found out he has an IVA (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 13:33:13
        
        I'm no lawyer; but the fraud starts when he starts lieing (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 20, 13:41:40
        
        yeah you're prob right (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 13:48:16
        
        Yeah, just looked up IVA - not necessarily bankrupt (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 20, 14:02:32
        
        yeah most of it is very dull (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 14:10:06
        
        Shouldn't be too hard to find him. (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 20, 13:51:07
        
        loads of people know him (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 13:54:29
        
        Fuck me, that could become very messy for that guy (General Chat) - 1morepost4jame_sward, Jun 20, 14:15:17
  - well said (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 12:22:30
- It's a shame none of them can read (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 20, 12:20:41

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