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Reading about Autonomy, it always confused me that Mike Lynch was found guilty of fraud in the UK but exonerated in the US — what's your take on that?
by atombender 1y ago
Reading about Autonomy, it always confused me that Mike Lynch was found guilty of fraud in the UK but exonerated in the US — what's your take on that?
- pseudolus 1y agoDifferent burdens of proof. The fraud charges in the US were criminal in nature which required a showing of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The fraud in the UK arose in the course of a civil trial with a lower burden of proof (balance of probabilities).
- atombender 1y agoWhat's the general consensus, do you know? It seems maybe fraud occurred, but was difficult to prove conclusively?