Vandals Target Former RBS Boss, Vow Further Action

Goodwin target of public outrage over his pension

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 25, 2009 1:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – After the Edinburgh home of the former boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland was vandalized last night, an unknown group is warning of further attacks on financial figures, the Scottish Daily Record reports. Sir Fred Goodwin has been the focus of controversy since he took early retirement—complete with a $1 million annual pension—as the credit crisis nearly felled RBS. The UK has since partly nationalized the bank.

The windows of Goodwin's Mercedes S600 were also smashed. “We are angry that rich people, like him, are paying themselves a huge amount of money and living in luxury,” the statement emailed to media outlets today said, “while ordinary people are made unemployed, destitute and homeless.” The email did not name a group or explicitly claim responsibility for the attack, but proclaimed: “This is just the beginning.”

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A police vehicle parks today outside the Edinburgh, Scotland, home of former bank boss Sir Fred Goodwin, which was attacked by vandals overnight. (AP Photo)

A damaged Mercedes sits today outside the Edinburgh, Scotland, home of former bank boss Sir Fred Goodwin, which was attacked by vandals overnight. (AP Photo)

A police officer walks past a broken window today at the Edinburgh, Scotland, home of former bank boss Sir Fred Goodwin, which was attacked by vandals overnight. (AP Photo)

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riffran

Mar 25, 2009 7:25 AM CDT

thats some list...lol...sorry maybe Google?... :)

Robert_Dada

Mar 25, 2009 6:39 AM CDT

Hmm, does anyone know where the following live: Angelo "Mascot of the Housing Panic" Mozilo, James "Let Them Fail" Cayne, John "Commode on Legs" Thain, Stan "No Risk Too High" O'Neal, Martin "Just Put It on the Tab" Sullivan, Alan "High Priest of the Fed Temple" Greenspan, Phil "High Priest of Deregulation" Gramm, Dick "There's a Reason I'm Not Called Richard" Fuld, CEO, Lehman Brothers, Erin "The Best Accessorized CFO on Wall Street" Callan, Ousted Lehman CFO, Hank "Crony Capitalism" Paulson

Doctor-Zaius

Mar 25, 2009 6:19 AM CDT

RBS had a commercial where some guy would just appear and fix things. Maybe this guy should get that guy to fix his car windows.

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Vandals Target Former RBS Boss, Vow Further Action