Prospective owners must answer 14 questions about themselves that request everything from a personal biography to a statement of net worth.
Although Mr. Fletcher is a well-known investor, the board, citing tax returns, bank records and other documents that he submitted when applying to buy the $5.7 million apartment, called his statement of net worth "highly unrealistic".
Anybody with enough money can purchase a condominium, but a prospective buyer of a co-op must submit supporting material to the building's board of directors, including letters of reference, a complete statement of net worth, and, often, tax returns going back several years, and then must sit for an interview with the board's admissions committee.
What better way, then, to make a bold statement of that worth by pulling in sponsors who are prepared to challenge the "market must decide" rhetoric by putting their money where their principles (and self-interest) are and offering equal prize money?
Similarly, perfectionists take criticism as a statement of their worth or ability.
Despite making a season-long statement of his worth, the Argentine has now fallen victim to the compulsive buying of the Spanish giants.
It is a statement of your worth as a citizen and influences the direction your life will take.
As part of the plea arrangement, they have agreed to provide the government with a statement of their net worth.
To accentuate those differences, Mr. Ibarra has released a statement of his net worth which indicates that he lives on his salary of little more than $2,000 a month.
"Imagine if, before you traveled somewhere, you had to fly to another city to get permission to get a document, wait in line for hours, bring a financial statement of your net worth and everything you own, pay $100, wait a month, and then get a yes or no, with no explanation why," he said.
