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He defrauded his investors. As much as I find that funny, what he did was a white collar crime that has consequences.
by heavyset_go 7mo ago
He defrauded his investors. As much as I find that funny, what he did was a white collar crime that has consequences.
- DetroitThrow 7mo agoYeah it's a sad consequence but... He effectively stole from others, why are people shocked? And yes contempt charges shouldn't go this long, but that's a separate qualm than "should he be criminally charged at all".
- fn-mote 7mo agoRight. It’s a mystery to me how on one day on HN you will see “corporate death penalty” discussed and on the next “$400MM white collar crimes should not be punished as much as murdering a single person”. If this were Apple, Google, or Meta having committed the crime, I think the tenor of the discussion would be very different.
- xmodem 7mo agoIt's almost as if comments on a website called "hacker news" are written by individuals with differing and varying opinions, and not by some nebulous hive-mind that purports to be internally consistent.
- chrisweekly 7mo agoSarcasm was unnecessary to make this excellent point.
- heavyset_go 7mo agoHey man, some of us find it funny when millionaire pirates get scammed by another millionaire pirate in a Coen brothers-esque scheme where everyone's greed gets them fucked in the end. Throw them all in the brig