Sounds like the perfect get-rich-quick scheme: 1. Buy a publicly traded company 2. Surreptitiously drive it into bankruptcy while maintaining semblance of fidu

Sounds like the perfect get-rich-quick scheme: 1. Buy a publicly traded company 2. Surreptitiously drive it into bankruptcy while maintaining semblance of fiduciary duty 3. Collect refund from government from loss in share price Oh wait, they've already done that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program