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Its because a billionaire went to prison. The justice system finally has teeth again.
by Ancalagon 3y ago
Its because a billionaire went to prison. The justice system finally has teeth again.
- kuczmama 3y agoTo be fair, she also stole money from other billionaires... so the system has teeth if you steal money from other rich people
- Anarch157a 3y agoOnly because the victims in this case were billionaires too. Remember, she was convicted for defrauding investors, not because of the harm she done to poor patients.
- voisin 3y agoWalgreens put her technology in their stores without doing any due diligence to confirm the accuracy of their tests and none of those executives are in jail for the harm done to poor patients either.
- onemoresoop 3y agoYeah but if you look at the conditions of that prison you'll think twice about that. The fact that white collar crime gets a slap on the wrist incentivizes more white collar crime.
- boeingUH60 3y ago*Fake paper billionaire went to prison. All that thin air billions evaporated as soon as Theranos was exposed.
- candiodari 3y agoAnd importantly: after cheating the US governments' most trusted individuals-turned-investors plus a couple other billionaires out of several hundred million dollars. I mean she just totally misunderstood the game: you cheat the poor in the US. Not the rich. Strange that such an intelligent woman missed that.