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> “Now he will be held accountable for the fraud and the lives he has derailed.” Whoa there. What? Yes, he's committed a crime and should be held accountable f
by kiallmacinnes 7y ago
> “Now he will be held accountable for the fraud and the lives he has derailed.”
Whoa there. What? Yes, he's committed a crime and should be held accountable for that. But..
Who's lives has he derailed? If I was to accept a bribe to commit a crime, nobody is derailing my life but me - to say anything else suggests a level of intelligence bordering on inability to understand and take responsibility for my actions. Can I use this defence for non bribery related crimes? How about assassin for hire?
Prosecute him for the crimes he committed and prosecute those who accepted bribes for their crimes. Theres just no reason to exaggerate like this.
Edit: And, to add, I dislike the discount / rental / lock in model the carriers use, but it does sound like crimes were committed.
- gowld 7y agoMore than one person can be at fault for a violation.
- kiallmacinnes 7y agoExactly. The statement quoted makes it sound like people accepting bribes is entirely the fault of the person proposing the bribe. The blame is shared, nobody had their lives derailed by anyone but themselves as far as I can tell.
- moftz 7y agoI guess you could consider all of the employees that got fired/will get fired/left before they got fired. Their lives got derailed but that's on them. No one held a gun to their head, this guy was on the other side of the world and convinced some AT&T techs to do this for money. If they were willing to install malware for money, AT&T is just lucky the guy was only after unlocked phones. I'm sure the employee handbook doesn't explicitly say "don't install malware for strange Pakistani men for money" but I'm sure they had enough training to put all of the pieces together...
- brentm 7y agoFederal prosecutors love a good dramatic press conference.
- a3n 7y agoThe only thing missing is to have invoked some set of government employees as "brave men and women" or "heroes."
- cortesoft 7y agoHe derailed the lives of AT&T shareholders, who lost 4/10 penny per share!
- bitcurious 7y agoIf you profit off of a violent crime by making that crime more profitable, I believe you are morally culpable in that crime. This person made muggings more profitable, and profited from it. If there was even one concussion from a mugging that otherwise wouldn't have happened, I would say that's a life derailed. Not provable, but likely.
- lawnchair_larry 7y agoNo, he made it so people could bring their property with them to other carriers and/or use their phone when they travel.