700 million dollars missing from PA funds

AlJazeera ran a story about a huge sum of money missing from the Palestinian Authority funds.
This is the legacy that Arafat left - corruption.
While good intentioned people / governments donated vast sums of money for the benefit of the Palestinian people, thieves instead lined their own pockets.

Now do not get me wrong, there is corruption everywhere. But it is sad that the Palestinian people really could have used this money.

I find it interesting that the cases are coming to light only AFTER Hamas wins, but yet to form a government. Could this be that some are trying to 'steal the thunder' before Hamas takes over the government? Either way, uncovering it is still a great thing no matter what the 'revealers' motivations are.