I can’t even think of a time in history where someone was a huge piece of shit in America and “lost everything.” Maybe R Kelley, P Diddy, and Bill Cosby? But only for the time they spent in whatever rich guy jail they got to go to and then they were fine.
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db2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Gee, that’s too bad. It would be a real shame if that piece of human garbage Steve Huffman lost everything. A crying shame.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Elizabeth Holmes comes to mind. She manoeuvred herself into a position of wealth and power by defrauding other rich people and got herself 11 years in prison for it. That’s 11 years more than most other rich scumbags get.
billiam0202@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And that just goes to show:
The only time rich people are held accountable in the US, is when they fuck with other rich people’s money.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The most bizarre part of the Theranos scandal is that any medical lab tech/scientist could have told you, right from the initial pitch, the entire thing was a massive scam. There was literally no reason to ever think this technology was feasible and a mountain of reasons it wasn’t.
cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Elizabeth Holmes only got in trouble for lying to people who should’ve done their “due diligence”
The patients / families of the patients that Theranos lied to and mislead never got justice.
metaldream@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Tech execs have absolutely massive egos.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
her pitch was single droplet of blood to diagnosis diseases.
Viri4thus@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
The worst of all this is that from the top of our heads we came up with a woman and three black dudes. Other than Madoff I don’t remember any white dude getting any deserved retribution other than the recent United Healthcare CEO.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
But after that 11 years didn’t she come out of prison still rich?
Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
and not the patients live she ruined, even caused harm to.
paulzy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There is also something about those 3 people I can’t put my finger on….
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
lol that was my immediate thought too. But I didn’t want to bring it up because even with the racist implications those guys all definitely suck and should be in prison.
lobut@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I don’t know if Sam Bankman-Fried is a huge piece of shit. He was like rich as anything and then lost it all. Now he’s trying to curry favour with Trump to get out of jail.
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
If anyone is trying to gain favor from trump that’s enough to tell me about their character.
Also, yes sbf is a huge piece of shit.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
db2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Heve Stuffman
VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Greedy pigboy flew too close to the sun.
Viri4thus@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I too want to board the schadenfreude train. Choo choo. Fuck u/spez
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He will exit filthy rich way before that. That’s the point.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Would he not have already sold most when they went public?
ceenote@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sadly I’m sure he already has a golden parachute prepared.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They all cashed out after the IPO. They’re probably laughing at the bag holders right now.
namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
There may still be lawsuits, however. There are still many ways that he could lose a lot of what he gained.
db2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
🤞
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I think you mean presidential pardons
Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
i remember spez and his c-suites dumped the stock a while ago.
samus12345@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
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SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He’ll cry his way to a trophy home and yacht