I know of a person that lied about what the company was doing from a C-level position (the company was in the US and they worked in EU so there wasn’t direct tr

I know of a person that lied about what the company was doing from a C-level position (the company was in the US and they worked in EU so there wasn’t direct transparency). They got demoted since they sucked at their job but kept presenting themself as C-level to build up network and contacts. They then went on to found a prominent start up based on that PR while also stealing ideas from their previous employer. The company did nothing about it since it got hit heavily by Covid and had other problems. You can find posts by this company on HN. They’re pretty hyped up.