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They actually had their money tripled. Tripled. Tripled.
by gfosco 9y ago
They actually had their money tripled. Tripled. Tripled.
- dragonwriter 9y agoWere this a civil case for damages, that would be more relevant. The criminality of getting other people to give up their property with false representations is not eliminated by paying them back plus extra later, however. Civil damages mostly addresses the harm caused, criminal punishment is less about the harm caused by a particular act and more about the risk to society of normalizing the behavior.
- s73v3r_ 9y agoYeah, they got lucky. Can you guarantee that the next set of investors he pulls this fraud with will be as lucky?