Bill Gross Is Suing PIMCO For $200 Million

For what, definition of character?

The man has been losing both his skill and his mind over the last few years.
From Bloomberg:
Bill Gross sues Pimco for at least $200M

• Says Pimco executives conspired to get his share of bonus pool
• Claims firm refused to pay his bonus for the third quarter

Bill Gross sued Pacific Investment Management Co. and parent Allianz SE for “hundreds of millions of dollars,” claiming he was wrongfully pushed out as the bond giant’s chief investment officer by a “cabal” of executives seeking a bigger slice of the bonus pool. 

“Driven by a lust for power, greed, and a desire to improve their own financial position and reputation at the expense of investors and decency, a cabal of Pimco managing directors plotted to drive founder Bill Gross out of Pimco in order to take, without compensation, Gross’s percentage ownership in the profitability of Pimco,” according to the complaint, which Gross’s lawyers said was filed Thursday in California state court in Santa Ana. “Their improper, dishonest, and unethical behavior must now be exposed.” 

A draft of the complaint was obtained by Bloomberg. The filing couldn’t be immediately confirmed in court records....MORE

While that may strike the uninitiated (to this type of thing) as some mighty fine bloviating, it is amateur compared to an incident I recounted in 2007's "Planktos Highlights Real Ocean/Climate Crises & Responds to Recent Misinformation Campaigns":

But first, one of my favorite examples of a stock scam (I told you, I have a morbid fascination with the underbelly of the markets, it's like watching the lions approach the wildebeest at the watering hole, you don't want to see it but you can't look away): 

...Peter Uttley, Equisure's chairman and a former Lloyds of London executive, took control of the company this week, assuming the chief executive post.... 

...Uttley said in the press release that his chairman role had been a "passive" one, but he now plans an active reorganization of the company, whose reputation has been stained by allegations that it is a scam insurance operation.... 

...In an unusually emotional statement to the press, sent from an Equisure board meeting Friday in London, Uttley told his version of events over the summer, which eventually led to the delisting of Equisure shares on the American Stock Exchange. 

"The simple truth was consumed in the belly of deception, but now has been vomited for the world to see," Uttley began. 

He then proceeded to tell a story of three men, whom he described as "liars," "cheats," and "scallywags," who worked with law enforcement officials and the press to spread false rumors about the company with the intent of buying Equisure out at 50 cents a share, a tiny fraction of the stock's trading price of $15, before AMEX suspended trading Aug. 1.

"Consumed in the belly of deception" is a pretty high bar, especially when followed by "vomited" and "scallywags".

Uttley et al made off with around ~$100 mil.