I know I'd tell them I lost the money gambling...but he could have stashed it as well. 15 months (time off for good behavior?) and he's got enough to retire on.

Totally stupid, in fact. He should have known the bank would come back for the money. The Superbanks have paid too much money to politicians to ever think they have to be accountable for their own mistakes.

Well, *obviously* prison time is needed.

The nerve of some people! It's a loan.

Page took a LOT less than the $16 trillion the banksters got -- including the $45 billion sent to Bank of America, courtesy of the US taxpayer.

Not that that will stop you from promulgating it, I'm sure...

The actual withdrawals may have been much smaller.

I don't know what I'd do if I was in his shoes but I sure as hell wouldn't throw it away.

If a bank has a system that allows people access to money they do not have then that bank will lose money and possibly go out of business - making room for banks that aren't entirely incompetent to increase their market share.

On a more serious note, I wish he hadn't pleaded guilty. I am envisioning some enterprising attorney taking this to trial to make a public spectacle of all of the actions Bank of America has taken over the last decade to "withdraw" other people's money that did not belong to them. Bank of America is concerned about $1.5 million? I'm almost surprised they even noticed...

But since he's a regular shmo, he'll go to jail.

...are not 100% accurate.

But if you can get 1.5 million you then gamble to try to get more???

And it took the bank 17 days to notice??? Assholes as usual...

ya gotta feel pretty lucky ya no the machine spittin out all that money .ye fracken haw