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Will Corzine’s ‘I Don’t Know’ Land Him in Legal Trouble?

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    FBN’s Peter Barnes on why former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine’s ‘I don’t know where the money is’ may raise a legal red flag because of the Sar...

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In Washington DC what are your eyes -- here.

Well Chris that day after they hearing from my former senator former governor and former CEO of -- -- global Jon Corzine.

He could be in big legal trouble over his testimony yesterday because that -- missing one point two billion dollars and customer funds.

He offered up a bunch of standard legal defenses in that hearing yesterday but.

Sarbanes.

Oxley sarbanes.

Oxley passed that -- WorldCom and Enron and all that stuff.

Requires CEOs to personally certify that the proper internal controls on book kicking pet keeping -- in their place at their company.

Corzine signed his certification.

For all of this internal stop in May and guess what.

I don't know and you know yeah I want them whatever doesn't cut it anymore -- under sarbanes Oxley.

He doesn't have any documents -- I am asking you know talking with us Charlie Gasparino earlier in the day.

Peter he seem to think.

That's Corzine came out of yesterday's testimony as a big winner and that the regulating agencies actually came out as a loser what did you think afterward.

I thought he dotted all the legal eyes and crossed a lot a lot of illegal tease here.

And so I think that he get what he had to do in order to defend himself going forward whether from congress.

Prosecutors.

Civil lawsuits.

What have you.