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This is a payoff from the Sacklers to stay out of jail. Accountants and Lawyers crunch the numbers to come up with a payoff that allows them to keep their weal
by 50ckpuppet 7y ago
This is a payoff from the Sacklers to stay out of jail. Accountants and Lawyers crunch the numbers to come up with a payoff that allows them to keep their wealth and move on as if it never happened. They'll negotiate a little and bump the number by 20% and live out their lives like the Kennedy's.
- mikelyons 7y agoFor those who are ignorant. What about this parallels the lives of the Kennedys?
- mongoosled 7y agoI believe it's the being ludicrously wealthy part.
- fuzz4lyfe 7y agochappaquiddick
- dopamean 7y agoI think it has to do with the bootlegging maybe?
- sceadu 7y agoAnd securities fraud.
- OedipusRex 7y agoJoseph Kennedy made his fortune off securities fraud, and was appointed by FDR as the first SEC Chairman, saying "set a thief to catch a thief". https://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2005/12/it-takes-a-thief-the-first-sec-chairman.html https://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2... https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/mep/displaydoc.cfm?docid=erpn-jpk https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/mep/displaydoc.cfm?docid=erpn...
- jjeaff 7y agoAnd involuntary manslaughter (Chappaquiddick)
- dqpb 7y agoLaw and order doesn't apply to the wealthy.