Holiday banter may go something like this: "Carnival booths, lawyers and politicians maybe the most honest... But there was once this company called Telegram t

Holiday banter may go something like this: "Carnival booths, lawyers and politicians maybe the most honest... But there was once this company called Telegram that went the way of its namesake. Blah blah... for screwing over a Russian guy in a PR disaster of an unpaid $200k contest award. Maybe they should have offered a canned ham instead."