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It's worth noting that the major mobile company's largest single customer is almost certainly the federal government. And, many of them fear being Nacchio-ed i
by late2part 11y ago
It's worth noting that the major mobile company's largest single customer is almost certainly the federal government. And, many of them fear being Nacchio-ed if they don't toe the line.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoOh come on, Nacchio was clearly guilty. HN is just becoming conspiracy central it seems.
- porkloin 11y agoA lot of people are guilty of a lot of things and don't ever get investigated or prosecuted. I agree with you that people take things a little far, but I think it's hardly conspiratorial thinking to acknowledge that the DOJ selectively pursues cases based on other factors than the crime committed.
- rayiner 11y agoA lot of people are not guilty of insider trading.
- CamperBob2 11y agoNacchio broke multiple laws every day, just like you and I do. They were always going to be able to find something.
- rayiner 11y agoWhat laws do you break every day that are on the same order of magnitude as insider trading laws?
- CamperBob2 11y agoOur opinion about what laws "matter" isn't important. We're not the ones who get to decide.
- tptacek 11y agoDefinitely makes it easier for them to find something when that something grosses you almost 40 million dollars.
- dragonwriter 11y agoThe idea that DOJ was targeting based on something other than the crimes committed isn't supported unless there are people guilty of the same crimes -- not just the same number of crimes -- that were not pursued.
- tptacek 11y agoDoes "Nacchio-ed" mean "get caught having improperly sold tens of millions of dollars of stock of the giant telecom company he ran, in the whirlwind of prosecutions following the collapse of Enron and Worldcom"? Because that's what happened to Nacchio.