A litany of red flags. - "he'd stolen a few clients, some data" - "he took on his former girlfriends brother" - "within a year me and Ian moved to Bulgaria..

A litany of red flags. - "he'd stolen a few clients, some data" - "he took on his former girlfriends brother" - "within a year me and Ian moved to Bulgaria...John wanted to keep costs down" - "Ians sister, had an abortion at Johns request." (I'm pro-choice, but this is still messed up) - "I want you to fire Ian" - "I think John wanted it all swept under the carpet." - "Then how about my shares?" - if you ever find yourself saying this, you are sunk. John sounds like the worst guy ever. I'm about as trusting and naive as they come. I probably would have fallen for John's smarminess initially as well - some people are excellent manipulators - and probably kept going for a long time. But you were working for somebody who does not have a conscience. John is a classic sociopath. Be glad you got out of there - being rich under his command is not worth it.