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Lasher

(28,369 posts)
Mon May 31, 2021, 12:28 PM May 2021

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Is Personally Liable for $700 Million in Greensill Loans

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is personally liable for around $700 million in loans that the collapsed financial firm Greensill Capital made to his coal companies, according to a report.

Justice and his wife guaranteed the loans from Greensill to his coal businesses, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the issue and documents.

Greensill, which collapsed into bankruptcy in March, had packaged the loans and sold them to Credit Suisse, The Journal reported. Now, Credit Suisse is in talks with Justice's Bluestone Resources and other major borrowers from Greensill to recoup the money and repay investors, per The Journal.

The Swiss bank told investors in a recent notice that Bluestone owes nearly $700 million, the WSJ reported.

https://www.businessinsider.com/jim-justice-greensill-loans-bluestone-credit-suisse-west-virginia-2021-5

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Is Personally Liable for $700 Million in Greensill Loans (Original Post) Lasher May 2021 OP
In the end sounds like a changing of which bank owns the loans just like when your mortgage Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #1
I Wonder If The Entire State Of West Virginia COL Mustard May 2021 #2
What's the capital of West Virginia? soothsayer May 2021 #3
Actually much stronger then I thought jimfields33 May 2021 #4
Forbes has us next to last on that list. Lasher May 2021 #5
Check out the Eastern Panhandle Maggiemayhem May 2021 #6
Our only billionaire was Jim Justice Lasher May 2021 #7
Aawwww 3Hotdogs May 2021 #8
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. In the end sounds like a changing of which bank owns the loans just like when your mortgage
Mon May 31, 2021, 12:31 PM
May 2021

gets sold to another bank. Happens all the time.

Sure, it's a shit-ton of money but I'm not sure how the bank that originated them selling them to Credit Suisse changes anything for Justice's position

But maybe there's something I just don't understand about how this all works

COL Mustard

(6,883 posts)
2. I Wonder If The Entire State Of West Virginia
Mon May 31, 2021, 12:41 PM
May 2021

Is worth $700M?

(Apologies in advance to any Mountaineers who’re reading this!!!)

jimfields33

(18,837 posts)
4. Actually much stronger then I thought
Mon May 31, 2021, 12:59 PM
May 2021
https://www.forbes.com/places/wv/?sh=39f2add1e14a


It’s number one for businesses which is pretty awesome. Average income is 44K which is way higher then I thought. Overall a strong state.

Lasher

(28,369 posts)
7. Our only billionaire was Jim Justice
Mon May 31, 2021, 01:24 PM
May 2021

But Forbes dropped him from their billionaires list this year. According to them his real net worth is now $454.3M

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