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Plenty. Here is an example for Volkswagon(just because I happen to remember it): "Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges on Wednesday against six Volk
by ahartman00 9y ago
Plenty.
Here is an example for Volkswagon(just because I happen to remember it):
"Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges on Wednesday against six Volkswagen executives for their roles in the company’s emissions-cheating scandal"
"The six executives include a former head of development of the Volkswagen brand and the head of engine development. One of those charged on Wednesday, Oliver Schmidt, was arrested in Florida last week; the other five are believed to be in Germany"
"The automaker is set to pay $4.3 billion in criminal and civil penalties in connection with the federal investigation, bringing the total cost of the deception to Volkswagen in the United States, including settlements of suits by car owners, to $20 billion — one of the costliest corporate scandals in history"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/business/volkswagen-diesel-vw-settlement-charges-criminal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/business/volkswagen-diese...
Here is an article about Enron executives(quite a bit here): http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/business/businessspecial3/10-enron-players-where-they-landed-after-the-fall.html http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/business/businessspecial3/...
Here is one about Tyco:
" finding Kozlowski and Swartz guilty on 22 of 23 counts of grand larceny and conspiracy, falsifying business records and violating general business law. They face 15 to 30 years in prison"
http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/17/news/newsmakers/tyco_trialoutcome/ http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/17/news/newsmakers/tyco_trialou...
I'm sure there are more, just don't know of any off the top of my head.
"the Sony rootkit CDs" -- was this illegal? Note that we can't punish people for things we don't like.
"United Airlines carrying out criminal assault on a passenger" -- IIRC, the police carried the passenger off. I also thought the airlines have the authority to order people off planes. Like it or not, IIUC this was legal too.
- rwallace 9y ago> "the Sony rootkit CDs" -- was this illegal? Hacking computers is very illegal - to crazy extremes, indeed. But the other examples are relevant, thanks! Upvoted.