> Instead of using the funds he raised to create the promised smartphone, he paid personal expenses and debts Sounds pretty crooked to me. Why are we so willin

> Instead of using the funds he raised to create the promised smartphone, he paid personal expenses and debts Sounds pretty crooked to me. Why are we so willing to give wealthy people (or those who appear to be wealthy) the benefit of the doubt? We don’t usually weave these sympathetic narratives for criminals from other segments of society. Of course I have no idea if the article is accurate - I’m just going by what it claims that he did.