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>Poor IT guy I don't know how he got there, but I'm guessing this person isnt the highest moral figure.

by robertAngst 8y ago

pault 8y ago
I don't know, I've heard stories about Russian hackers being tortured to coerce them into working for organized crime. They may have made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
- 21 8y ago
  That is a valid defense. But he had plenty of opportunities of doing something about it.
  - pault 8y ago
    Really? I mean, how would you do something about it if it meant your whole family would be tortured to death? Set on fire? These guys have horrifically cruel methods of execution. And despite all that he did go undercover. Balls of steel if you ask me.
- guessmyname 8y ago
  The IT guy did it for the money: > Not long after his 21st birthday, Christian Rodriguez got the contract of a lifetime for his new info-tech company: The Colombian was hired as a cybersecurity consultant by Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo. While Mr. Rodriguez had little experience or formal education, he had been recommended by one of his other clients: Jorge Cifuentes Villa, a veteran trafficker who worked with Mr. Guzmán making cocaine deals with left-wing guerrillas in Colombia. And from another article that I found: > The government allowed him to keep the half-million he’d earned working for Guzman, and in addition paid him $480,000 for his expenses and technology services – which he later neglected to pay taxes on. Ref: https://www.courthousenews.com/sinaloa-cartels-it-guy-testifies-in-el-chapo-trial/ https://www.courthousenews.com/sinaloa-cartels-it-guy-testif...
  - pault 8y ago
    Ah, should have RTFA
throwawaymath 8y ago
That doesn't mean we can't be compassionate and empathize with his current predicament. Regardless of his moral character, he did a good thing and has exposed himself to a great potential of suffering for it.

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>Poor IT guy I don't know how he got there, but I'm guessing this person isnt the highest moral figure.

by robertAngst 8y ago

>Poor IT guy I don't know how he got there, but I'm guessing this person isnt the highest moral figure.

pault 8y ago
I don't know, I've heard stories about Russian hackers being tortured to coerce them into working for organized crime. They may have made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
- 21 8y ago
  That is a valid defense. But he had plenty of opportunities of doing something about it.
  - pault 8y ago
    Really? I mean, how would you do something about it if it meant your whole family would be tortured to death? Set on fire? These guys have horrifically cruel methods of execution. And despite all that he did go undercover. Balls of steel if you ask me.
- guessmyname 8y ago
  The IT guy did it for the money: > Not long after his 21st birthday, Christian Rodriguez got the contract of a lifetime for his new info-tech company: The Colombian was hired as a cybersecurity consultant by Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo. While Mr. Rodriguez had little experience or formal education, he had been recommended by one of his other clients: Jorge Cifuentes Villa, a veteran trafficker who worked with Mr. Guzmán making cocaine deals with left-wing guerrillas in Colombia. And from another article that I found: > The government allowed him to keep the half-million he’d earned working for Guzman, and in addition paid him $480,000 for his expenses and technology services – which he later neglected to pay taxes on. Ref: https://www.courthousenews.com/sinaloa-cartels-it-guy-testifies-in-el-chapo-trial/ https://www.courthousenews.com/sinaloa-cartels-it-guy-testif...
  - pault 8y ago
    Ah, should have RTFA
throwawaymath 8y ago
That doesn't mean we can't be compassionate and empathize with his current predicament. Regardless of his moral character, he did a good thing and has exposed himself to a great potential of suffering for it.