In the immortal words of Bon Scott, “Its criminal, there aught to be a law”
Channeling the other thread, to me this is a classic case where there really should be a series of laws to make this sort of behavior illegal and punishable severely. For example:
A professional financial adviser giving advice that constitutes both blackmail and robbery/arson, should be illegal and his license to practice revoked, and he should be on the hook for some of the damages his advice causes the bank. Maybe even prison time… that would put a stop to that sort of advice.
Taking said advice, or performing those acts on your own, should also be a crime. A simple law which states that removing permanent fixtures from a property that is foreclosed upon within, oh lets say 2 or 3 years, is robbery. Deliberately causing damage to said property is arson. Both scenarios are punishable as any other robbery or arson – prison time.
That would put a stop to this nonsense right quick.
Its a real shame that people are so damn unethical that they will willingly screw someone who actually stuck their neck out to help them at one time. So much so that, like Bon Scott said, there aught to be a law.
