It's all about stealing assets for the rich with cash.

He said others involved with the Securitate stole assets or used their connections in other ways to accumulate wealth.

Shady developers stealing assets from other developers and selling them on the iOS App Store isn't a new phenomenon.

"They were hiding assets and stealing assets," said Cindy Scarbrough, an accountant who followed the case with her father, one of the early investors in R&C.

After ENRC bought the rights as part of a package for $175m, First Quantum sued, claiming they were "stolen assets".

"Defendants' plan was simple: steal assets, build up a user base, and sell the company before copyright owners could obtain a judgment and shut the service down."

Minority shareholders who accuse management of stealing assets have requested an additional audit of the company s books.

In Harding's time, they stole national assets; at Watergate, they tried to steal the country.

The idea here is to reduce the time available to steal assets and escape without apprehension.