Biggest Villains Of The Financial Crisis (POLL)

As we all know by now, the financial crisis was caused by a series of systematic failures -- botched regulations, corporations that grew to be too big too fail, consumer greed and, of course, outright fraud. Throughout the crisis, though, some names stick out more than others.

We decided to assemble a motley crue of financial insiders who've done more than their fair share to cause our current economic crisis.

Who's the biggest villain? Who's more of an innocent bystander? VOTE below:

Allen Stanford, Stanford Financial Group

Perpetrated a multi-billion-dollar ponzi scheme, stripping investors -- and more than a few cricket fans -- of their life savings.

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