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follow-up to this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12379518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12379518

• x0x0 9y ago
  An article with more backstory: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2017/06/08/wrkriot-isaac-choi-indictment.html http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2017/06/08/wrkriot-i... I'm guessing Al Brown, the CTO, is gonna leave this one off his resume. Here's his side of the story, btw https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12382955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12382955 -- he claims to have put $200k in. The feds didn't charge him, so presumably he was scammed along with everyone else.
  • obstinate 9y ago
    Or he turned for immunity.
    • x0x0 9y ago
      True, I didn't think of that! Penny's account -- which to be clear I'm not arguing against; just reconciling multiple stories in my head -- made him sound shady, but putting in $200k of his own cash (if he so did; at this point, I'd want to see wire transfer receipts directly from the bank) is a pretty clear indicator he really was conned too.
  • Shivetya 9y ago
    Another article as well http://www.businessinsider.com/wrkriot-burned-700000-allegedly-lied-to-employees-2016-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/wrkriot-burned-700000-alleged...