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None of this had anything to do with Oracle the company, though, not sure why his being an Oracle employee is relevant.

• Tao3300 3y ago
  "Part-time clown" even makes for a better headline IMO
  • wiseowise 3y ago
    That would be author of the article.
  • mvdtnz 3y ago
    That doesn't help distinguish him from every other joker in crypto.
• jehb 3y ago
  It's especially misleading with that $54M part; obviously when people see that and the word Oracle, they assume this was all from one database license. /s
  • Tao3300 3y ago
    Select 54000000 from DUAL
• dakial1 3y ago
  I was wondering that also. Is not like Oracle had a special service for hiding Bitcoins for criminals. Oracle might have cut ad spend on Forbes...
• whatamidoingyo 3y ago
  "Oracle Employee" will get more clicks than "Brian Krewson".
• jahsome 3y ago
  As a single throwaway fact somewhere near the end of the article it sort of makes sense to establish the dude as a tech guru. On the other hand, repeating the tie multiple times, including in the lede and headline reeks of SEO clickbait.
• hindsightbias 3y ago
  They probably had to flip a coin if he drove a Tesla.
  • Eumenes 3y ago
    I lol'd
• cjdrake 3y ago
  Came here to post this. The headline is yellow journalism. There's no reason to mention Oracle. Forbes used to have a strong brand. Seems like they print a lot of trash these days.
• INTPenis 3y ago
  I guess the implication is that Oracle is a den of thieves.
  • bloodyplonker22 3y ago
    I felt like this is somewhat true after dealing with the salespeople at Oracle. After my company moved some data stored from Oracle to Snowflake, I felt like we were not getting robbed anymore.
• bhelkey 3y ago
  "Man helped cocaine dealers hide $9k" is not exactly a thrilling news story. Ideally news stories would have less sensational titles by here we are.