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It’s kinda wild that the two executives committed fraud to export weapons technology to a major military adversary in contradiction of international agreement…
by 542458 3y ago
It’s kinda wild that the two executives committed fraud to export weapons technology to a major military adversary in contradiction of international agreement… and ended up with 10 and 12 month sentences. That seems really light to me!
- romwell 3y agoThe country that issued the sentence is the same country that profited off of the exports and whose government is heavily involved in business deals[1]... so yeah. Also, the punishment would be not to the executives, but to the company involved (Toshiba) and imposed externally. However: >In response to the affair, Toshiba carried out lobbying activities in Congress between 1987 and 1989 to ease the sanctions. The amount of money invested by Toshiba, the number of lobbyists, and the scale of its activities were said to be the largest ever. So, business as usual. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government-business_relations_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government-business_relations_...
- Eisenstein 3y agoYou know, lobbying wouldn't be so bad if our government officials just ignored them when they were advocating against the public interest.
- Exoristos 3y agoFound the lobbyist.
- Eisenstein 3y agoCan I be a lobbyist that lobbies against lobbying?
- xp84 3y agoRight? This seems like close to Light Treason territory to me.