5 ms·
Whistleblower here. It took 25 months from when I reported the fraud until the settlement.
by ciscoriordan 8y ago
Whistleblower here. It took 25 months from when I reported the fraud until the settlement.
- munk-a 8y agoGood job and thanks for sticking your neck out!
- function_seven 8y agoI hope you were well compensated for going out on that limb. Thanks.
- kirillseva 8y agothe whistleblower gets some significant % of settlement
- throwawaymath 8y agoOut of curiosity, would you do it again? Has there been any damage to your professional life?
- jboggan 8y agoArticle is about the whistleblower/commenter above. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-09/he-blew-the-whistle-on-a-silicon-valley-highflier-then-came-the-blowback https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-09/he-blew-t...
- zeusk 8y agoAvailable only for users with terminal access.
- larkinrichards 8y agoGoogle webcache text only works: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eaNgmTP_i9oJ:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-09/he-blew-the-whistle-on-a-silicon-valley-highflier-then-came-the-blowback&num=1&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1&vwsrc=0 http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eaNgmTP...
- coverband 8y agoIf Google webcache expires, there's archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20170509120239/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-09/he-blew-the-whistle-on-a-silicon-valley-highflier-then-came-the-blowback http://web.archive.org/web/20170509120239/https://www.bloomb...
- jhabdas 8y agoIf archive.org stops working there's…
- miguelmota 8y ago> Rothenberg’s staff included frat brothers from Stanford, and he was known for buying luxury boxes at concerts and high-profile sporting events, sponsoring auto racing, supplying virtual-reality headsets at parties he threw for minor celebrities, organizing puppy-petting parties, even renting out San Francisco’s AT&T Park, where the Giants play. How much do puppy-petting parties cost?
- dlgeek 8y agoHell, if you do it right, I bet you could work with a local shelter to get it for just about free, if you're a big enough business. Get them to bring the pets on site (maybe you'd have to pay for transit costs?) for an adoption drive where employees could play with the animals and start the adoption process if they found the right one.
- downandout 8y agoI can see why future employers might find this tough to swallow. It’s a difficult thing because on the one hand you want enployees that do the right thing and are generally ethical people, and this certainly shows that he meets that criteria. On the other hand, companies don’t want the liability of having an employee that has proven that they are willing to share confidential information and documents, such as bank records, with third parties - regardless of the reason. I hope he lands on his feet, or gets enough of a reward that he doesn’t have to work for a while, since finding work may be tough now. Doing the right thing isn’t always easy.
- jboggan 8y agoGood job Francisco!
- samstave 8y agoCan you eli5/to:Dr exactly what the frauds were