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Ex-chair of FCC broadband committee gets five years in prison for fraud
- btown 7y agoWow, pretty blatant stuff here. Forged signatures! But some of this could have been prevented. For instance, one of the defrauded equity investors was apparently promised a guaranteed 8% annual return, and was asked to wire money in advance of deal documentation [0]... both of which should have immediately been red flags. Raw press release here. [1] [0] Jensen complaint: https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-wordpress-client-uploads/adn/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/27081106/03.0-Amended-Complaint-11-22-17.pdf https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-wordpress-client-uploads/adn/wp... [1] https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-ceo-alaska-based-fiber-optic-cable-company-sentenced-5-years-prison-defrauding https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-ceo-alaska-based...
- hurrdurr2 7y agoGreed begets more greed... common sense tends to go out the window when all they could see are dollar signs.
- ambicapter 7y ago.
- khawkins 7y agoThis certainly begs the question as to whether she sought out the FCC position in hopes of directing Federal money towards projects like hers. It seems like she was desperate to cover up her fraud for 2 years, and especially around the time she took her post in the FCC.
- peterwwillis 7y agohttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16137/begs-the-question-or-raises-the-question#16138 https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16137/begs-the-q...
- scott_s 7y agoWe lost. You'll feel better if you give up, too.
- zaroth 7y agoHonesty it makes more sense in the modern usage. Assuming something which should have been proven seems like the opposite of begging for [someone to ask] a question.
- everybodyknows 7y agoIn the original idiom, the "begging" is for acceptance of the speaker's claim on its face, rather than by "earning" agreement with supporting evidence and reasoning.
- thaumasiotes 7y agoThe "begging" is a mistranslation of medieval Latin petitio, "logical postulate", as if it were classical Latin petitio, "begging". The idiom descends in a continuous scholarly tradition from Aristotle and his original Greek refers more plainly to "assuming the original [conclusion]". See https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2290 https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2290 .
- peg_leg 7y agoDon't steal from the rich
- swinglock 7y agoWho could have though the most blatantly bought pawn in the USA wasn't trustworthy...
- mrtweetyhack 7y agoBird of a feather flock together in prison...Ajit Pai
- sunkensheep 7y agoAstounds me how anti-human organizations such as ALEC are granted such influence by Republican and Democrat alike in the USA. The fraud on the other hand, doesn't surprise me. Despite their power, these regulatory institutions seem more captured by vested interests and partisan politics than the public good they should be providing.
- pwodhouse 7y agoALEC is a conservative organization with 98% Republican membership.
- ncmncm 7y agoThat seems like a contradiction. I cannot think of any conservative policies advanced lately by the Republican leadership.
- bayareanative 7y agoNo, it's not. Conservative corporate policies desire restoration of a regressive, apartheid theocracy... think Clarence Thomas and Scalia.
- ncmncm 7y agoThat is hardly a conservative goal; it is radically reactionary. Actually conservative policies would resist change, not seek it out.
- midnitewarrior 7y agoI wonder how many years Ajit Pai will get when it's his turn?
- zaroth 7y agoI always find its best not to defame someone, no matter how much you might dislike them or their policies, unless you have a specific fact you want to cite?
- midnitewarrior 7y agoHow about his willful undermining of the integrity of the public comment process for the Net Neutrality regulations for starters? He got his way aside by refusing to investigate the tens of thousands of fake comments supporting the repeal of Net Neutrality regulations.
- jjeaff 7y agoConsidering that the comments are completely useless for anything except to let the commissioner know what the public opinion is on a topic, it's not like he actually changed any outcomes by not investigating. The comments aren't votes.
- trhway 7y agoRussian election meddling was mainly fake comments/posts on FB, Twitter, etc. Similarly to Pai, the current administration refuses to investigate those fake comments too. Looks like a trend :)
- bayareanative 7y agoHe's Verizon's waterboy stooge from their legal department. The fox has no business guarding the henhouse while shafting We The People.