Anyone read this story about Bain Capital?
A class action lawsuit was filed against Bain alleging they participated in a "bidding club" where private equity firms colluded to withhold bidding on companies they sought to buy out so as to lower the price by eliminating competition. If true, this is not only a tort but a criminal conspiracy in violation of anti-trust laws. Last week the judge made the complaint public that had previously been heavily redacted by Bain lawyers. The alleged activity began in 2003, one year after Romney’s name no longer appeared on Bain documents, but discovery is ongoing. If the Justice Dept. gets involved, people might be going away for a long time. E-mails obtained through discovery from Bain and others supposedly make a strong case for collusion.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-10/investors-claim-kkr-told-equity-firms-not-to-bid-for-hca
Blackstone, KKR, Bain Are Accused of Rigging Bids
By Don Jeffrey and Devin Banerjee on October 11, 2012
"...Top executives at buyout firms including Blackstone Group LP (BX), KKR & Co. (KKR), Bain Capital Partners LLC and Carlyle Group (CG) LP assured each other in e-mails that they wouldn’t compete on deals to avoid driving up prices and angering competitors, according to a now public court complaint.
The correspondence was cited as evidence that the firms rigged bids in 19 leveraged buyouts and eight other transactions, including the biggest deals of the leveraged buyout boom, according to the amended complaint unsealed yesterday by a federal judge in Boston. ..."
Maybe they can't tie Romney directly to this criminal activity, but if the allegations are true, it looks like most of his fortune is based on dirty money.
Here's a copy of the complaint, made public for the first time last week.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/109656055/5th-Amended-Complaint-Kirk-Dahl-v-Bain-Capital-Partners
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Color me intrigued. I think this is going to be an interesting month... 
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Verrrrry interesting. Can't wait to see how this unfolds explodes.
Romney's involvement noninvolvement will, I'm sure, be as solid as Cheney's involvement noninvolvement with Halliburton.
Redaction line through a word is new to this old broad...so how food you do it?
K&R on collusion post re: Rmoney & Bain. They really are pond scum including Princess Ann.
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What's the difference between a giant grouper & Mitt Rmoney?
(a) one is a slimy scum sucking, bottom feeder & the other is a fish.
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And thanks -- a good joke never gets old! 
all and any litigation out there for those with enough money.
Even if there were convictions, Romney's signature on a Pardon Letter is as good as gold.
No doubt all that money Sheldon Adelson has shoveled into this election is a down payment to the GOP. He's being investigated for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. How nice for him if he gets off or cleared on bribery crimes because of his bribing donating to Romney.
I bet Romney's got plenty of paybacks on the back burner.
There's a helluva lot of dark money out there, and it scares the hell out of me.
During the Republican primary, he financed this video for Gingrich, to use against Romney.
I just watched it, and it's damaging.
Adelson has spent an enormous amount of money. First to Newt and now to Mitt - crazy for anyone to support either of those guys, but it just goes to show it's all about the payback.
Dark money owns Mitt, and it's bamboozling Americans with their propaganda. We will suffer dearly for it.
Again, thanks for the link, don't know how I missed it before.
The Carlisle Group is a defendant in this lawsuit. 
