1.   But by skipping the country, he joined a band of rogue financiers like Marc D. Rich and Robert Vesco.

2.   But by skipping the country, he has become the latest addition to the band of rogue financiers who have put off their date with American justice.

3.   Probably their most memorable expensive dud was a million-dollar advance for an autobiography of rogue financier T. Boone Pickens.

4.   The reason the alleged rogue financier was in Germany is unclear, but Piplak said he wanted to come to Europe.