Convicted former investor Bernard Madoff looks none too happy on the ace of spades. Ousted Bank of America Chairman Ken Lewis, still the company’s CEO, adorns the king of hearts. CNBC’s bullish “Boo-yah!” stock-picker Jim Cramer smiles from the ace of clubs. And a stern Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financial’s former CEO, who faces fraud and insider-trading charges, graces the queen of clubs.
“It’s fun to hold these people in your hand and sort of see them in the face,” Witt said. “Here you are, the common man, and here they are, the gatekeepers in charge of the money supply, in the palm of your hand. What could be better?”
So says a June 12, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle report about the brief history of the Financial Crisis Most Wanted Playing Cards.
(Thanks to investigator Katherine Meusey for bringing this to our attention.)
