Looks like you have not seen any of the movies I mentioned. The plot did not involve terrorists. In contrast, just sophisticated
criminals that committed a crime for the sole purpose to profit from such via manipulating the price of a particular stock, futures, forex or option.
Such (price manipulation) occurs every trading day in real life without the need to kill someone to manipulate stock price. We hear about these particular crimes almost every trading day (e.g. spoofing, insider trading, front running, ponzi schemes and so on)...real life stuff every day to contrast the plots seen in a movie involving people getting killed to manipulate stock prices.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/23/us-flashcrash-trader-cme-analysis-idUSKBN0NE00P20150423
Yet, in real life, these types of crimes are labeled as
"white collar criminals". Heck, even the SEC has well documented the Mafia (mob) committing crimes to manipulate price of a stock so that they can profit from the price movement...in all of these real crimes...folks went to jail. Doesn't the Mafia kill people too ?
In Italy as of early 2000, the mafia is involved in money laundering, extortion, alien smuggling, robbery, blackmail, kidnapping, political corruption, counterfeiting and
stock manipulation...many of these crimes involves
killing someone(s). In fact, those investigating these crimes have been murdered (e.g. police, judges, private investigators, politicians).
What's to prevent terrorists from attempting to do the same for the purpose to profit from stock manipulation ? I do know one thing, if such has already happen involving terrorists...I'm sure they are
not going to call it white collar crime.
Here where I live in Québec...just a few years ago they busted a sophisticated criminal group for committing crimes for the purpose of
stock market manipulation to increase a company's share price, boiler rooms, shell corporations, corporate identity hijacking, ponzi schemes and embezzlement.
Seriously, if folks in different countries are already doing the above...some getting caught and others not getting caught...do you seriously believe a terrorist group wouldn't consider doing the same to finance their terror ?
By the way, most of those terrorists did have real jobs or were students at universities or had been students. They do such to blend in with their surroundings.
Where you been for the past 40 years ?
Seriously, read this story @
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33862000 about 32 people charged with "Insider Trading Hack" that got caught. Do you really think the FBI/SEC is catching all of them.
Now imagine terrorists doing the same or is it possible they already have done such. For example The Times reported that investigations had occurred when the SEC documented "unusual number of share" (trading activity) occurred in insurance companies and airlines stock in the days
before 911 attacks by individuals from the UK, Italy, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, France and US...several millions were profited. Yet, as soon as the FBI/SEC started monitoring the accounts...the accounts remains
unclaimed.
Some folks chalk it up as just coincidental considering that these terrorist groups usually give warnings or the governments intelligence groups gets wind of a "possible attack". Heck, even President Bush received three warnings from intelligence groups in "other countries" (e.g. Israeli Mossad) that the al-Qaeda has a massive strike planned inside the US involving
aircraft. These are true facts that later became useful to the crazy conspiracy theorists.
As you can see, if you're sophisticated enough in your criminal activity...you're probably smart enough to get involved in the markets to do illegal activities too.
Hackers Stole Secrets of up to $100 million Insider Trading Profit in U.S. @
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015...rity-hacking-stocks-arr-idUSKCN0QG1EY20150812
Now do a research on some of those involved in the above criminal activity that's illegal. A few have ties with "terrorist groups" back in their native countries. Yeah, they
all had jobs and some of those they worked with had jobs
within the market itself to help commit the crime...one of which was a Hedge Fund Manager. I guess that answers your sarcasm about if they are so good why don't they just get jobs as traders. Reality, some work within the industry or have affiliations with people that work within the industry of the financial markets.
Yeah, cool...they got caught but what about those that still have not been caught (rhetorical). Once again, where have you been the past 40 years ?
P.S. Many terrorists are well educated and commit very sophisticated crimes
prior to their terror that kills people...that's the scary part and its a crazy world today unfortunately with the help of technology.
