Finance Detective Gifts

'Here, we switched accountants.'

'May I ask where you are taking me?

Bernard Madhoff $50-billion Ponzi financial scheme.

"You know how to whistle, don't you? Just pick up the phone and call the S.E.C."

'Damn! I think the FCA have rumbled us.'

"Bill hot water 100000" "SOS!"

"We ran the numbers on how climate change will affect economic growth, but the numbers got so spooked they just kept running."

40 Wall St - For the I.R.S./For Lenders

The great financial rescue contingent commences the search for the world's lost money.

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive."

'Crisis'

Building Society - How much interest did we get?

Tax confusion.

Financial Corruption

'We're living in a round hole economy.'

'I want to claim for black marker pens.'

Ducks and hares taken in by a wolf at a seance

Excess Baggage: Fans of 'Deregulation' and the 'Free Market' probably have not had to buy a plane ticket recently.

Money laundering - shows money flowing out of US vault.

'Greenspan said today the alert staus for the possible interest rate has been reduced from orange to yellow.'

"Tax evasion is like a cancer, it's growing exponentially!"

Practical loans vs. devil-may-care loans.

'We need to change the introduction to our annual report. What's another word for bankrupt?'

"I'm sorry, JB, we still haven't worked out how we did it."

'I have no one to blame but myself, for now.'

"It's nothing, go back to sleep. I was just getting a DNA sample."

'This is our Greek debt, this is our Spanish debt, and this is our Portuguese debt...'

IRS Audit Section

"I suppose you're all wondering why I called this meeting today."

Eurobonds Explained.

'If nobody has any money, where did it all go?'

'Mr Rombly has cancelled his appointment. The Dow is up and he's feeling no pain.'

"Thankfully, this year, the results can be attributed to something other than our own gross incompetence."

'Hang on, I've just found another one. It must've fallen down behind the coffee machine.'

IRS, 'I think we should audit this one, sir -- his signature looks shaky.'