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> If you want to see what you should never do as a software engineer if you like not being in jail, this is it. > Singh will definitely get prison time as well
by nullc 4y ago
> If you want to see what you should never do as a software engineer if you like not being in jail, this is it.
> Singh will definitely get prison time as well
But how long? Jerome O'Hara and George Perez were arguably more complicit in Madoff's scheme than anyone, having written the computer software to generate the fake investment return reports and even actively helped dupe the investigating regulators but were only sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
- jacquesm 4y agoFor a non-violent crime which saw the recovery of a large fraction of the loot that's not 'only'.
- nullc 4y agoIt is relative to the other participants.
- jacquesm 4y agoThat's true, but likely factors were: they were in an adversarial power relationship with some of the other participants (notably: Madoff himself who repeatedly assured them that he actually made the trades that they reported but I fail to see how they could have been so gullible) and may have been put under significant pressure and it likely is a first offense all of which would result in a lesser sentence. But it still is obviously a very serious transgression, and none of their claims that they didn't know what was really going on seem to have fooled the jury. Even the most kind reading of the situation leaves little doubt that they knew exactly what was going on.
- nullc 4y agoPerhaps a small upside to computer programmers / techs often being viewed as low status compared to other highly paid professionals. :)