heist where the money was taken out largely through atm withdrawals in more than two dozen countries simultaneously, including more than $2 million taken out of atms in cash in manhattan. today, the very busy federal prosecutor in manhattan took time from his usual job of busting a different member of the new york state legislature every day, instead announced a huge, huge new bust that may also explain what happened to all that money from the bank heist. and while the basic crimes that we commit as humans have pretty much been the same since the dawn of humanity, lying, cheating, stealing, violence,
includes saving the nation s second largest bank from default. banks have been closed now since march 16th. and last night protesters clashed with police outside of parliament after atm withdrawals were limited to 260 euros or $3335. people can t get their money. for more on the situation in cyprus, let s go to karen tso who is live in london much hard to believe. imagine if that was to happen in england or anywhere else in europe. people couldn t get their money. ridiculous. it s just extraordinary, isn t it? we had a dramatic change of events this morning. the cyprus finance minister flew to moscow to try to avoid paying this tax on deposit holders and this is a solution that the europeans came up with. so the finance minister rejected the fly to moscow to come up with a plan b. he left moscow empty handed and flown back to cyprus now. all he managed to secure is an extension on the maturity of an existing loan saying no fresh
offer to solve their financial problems leave us wondering, inconsistent. he said things got more desperate in the mediterranean island nation. banks are closed until tuesday. some atm withdrawals are limited. many credit cards don t work and a run on gas and other supplies. it s hard to accept checks or visas. preferably cash, but everyone is trying to save their cash. the parliament in cyprus met and will continue to debating more of the details of the crucial plan b on friday. bret? bret: greg palkot in london. greg, thank you. next, what have we learned three years in to obamacare? what s droid-smart ? with google now, it automatically knows
no card transaction, no atm withdrawals. it s unclear what happened. of course north korea s leader, kim jung un has the perfect alibi. he was out with his buddies testing new drones and looking at things through binoculars. with us, jamey barnett, also a former chief of the fcc homeland security bureau. hi, shep. shepard: how serious is this? the north koreans continue to spend a lot of money on various military things and the fact of the matter is cyberwarfare is a major part of modern warfare. it s not unlikely they ve developed this capability and are using it because they ve
misguided. eric sean has this report. they are supposed to be used only for essentials, not covered by food stamps. but instead, reports say money from electronic benefit transfer, or ebt cards, which are like atm cards, has been spent on anything but. they buy beer with it, lottery tickets. they ve been used in atm s in casinos. they ve been used in liquor stores and certainly we also have evidence that they ve been used in various strip clubs. more than ten states passed legislation restricting the use of the cards, clamping down on what some lawmakers brand as brazen ebt abuses. in new york, a law was proposed that prohibits cards from being used for alcohol, lottery tickets, or casino gambling and restricts atm withdrawals can be made. if you re august the program and you need to feed your family, then you re doing it legally, that s fine. that s what the program is for.