re: #86 HoosierHoops

What? A soldier on Army pay is 1M is Debt? Who the hell is his banker?
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he was defrauding people

Robert Bales grew up in Norwood, Ohio, outside Cincinnati, where he’s remembered as a good football player and friend by Michael Blevins. They were in touch last month on Facebook.

“I’ve known him since the time I was two years old and nothing in his character shows that he’s going to go out and massacre innocent people,” Blevins said.

But there was another side to Bales. In 2002, he was accused of assaulting a girlfriend and was required to undergo anger management. In 2008, he was cited for a hit and run accident. But his financial problems were much bigger than his legal issues. Before he enlisted in the Army, he worked as a financial advisor. He was accused of stealing money from clients.

Arbitrators found he’d engaged in fraud, unauthorized trading and unsuitable investments. He was ordered repay more than $1 million. He never did.