Online feedback

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted by online readers to yesterday's lead story 'Olint boss indicted'.

Don't believe everything you hear

Many people always believe what they hear in the media - without even checking credibility of the info. David Smith may have done things wrong and was no doubt a poor administrator. I have lost millions in his scheme so I am qualified to talk, but something doesn't smell right - justice delayed is justice denied.

The Turks and Caicos Islands administrators have been playing around for almost three years with no trial to date, with its officers extra-judicially convicting Smith in the media, prejudicing the case from the start.

Also, did you know that DEA and FBI agents get huge bonuses from monies confiscated from illicit gains ... so what will stop them from using the media and fancy language to make me and you appear to be part of illicit earnings to rob us of our hard-earned funds?

Have you noticed there is no talk in any article about trying to get back what investors have lost? Wake up! Ask more questions rather than trusting media reports.

- Concerned Olint Investor

Why charge him?

Why should they charge this guy? The bunch of idiots who gave up their life savings, all in the name of greed, are the ones who should be charged instead. How could you invest your money and get a return of 100 per cent or more?

- Dande90905

Fools lose money ... always

My belief, simply stated, is this: If a man has more money than wisdom, he will end up losing that surplus. If a man has more wisdom than money, he will figure out a way (legal, of course - criminal acts are not wise) to eventually make up that deficit, if given the opportunity. One can think of this as a way of restoring equilibrium. You see it all around you. In the Bible, there is the story of the prodigal son who wasted away what he had through riotous living.

For a more modern example, look to NBA players, the majority of whom are bankrupt within five years after retirement. What am I saying? Those of us who aren't wise with how we spend our money will lose it. I remember hearing stories about people who invested millions of dollars into Cash Plus and ended up losing it.

I find it difficult to feel sorry for people like those, because the fact of the matter is, if you lost our money to people like Smith and Hill, you probably didn't deserve it in the first place.

Here is wisdom: don't let greed cause you to lose what you already have.

- MeasureZero