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Re:Uber Hires Former Google Search Chief Amit Singhal as SVP... by SomeStupidPoint on Friday January 20, 2017 @09:26PM (#13448426)
My point was exactly that Uber can be construed as a criminal organization and their executives as the leaders of a large, international criminal organization who knowingly pay people to commit crimes on their behalf (that the bosses then profit from) and that their organization's primary business is the commission of such crimes.

Is it still not RICO?

Edit: Im pretty sure they could get money laundering related charges to stick well enough to charge (and settle or bring to trial, rather than dismissed), based on banking with money they know was earned in violation of various state and city laws. Money laundering law is bad (and so is RICO), and often can be applied in counter-intuitive ways by aggressive DAs.

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Re:Uber Hires Former Google Search Chief Amit Singhal as SVP... by hluska on Friday January 20, 2017 @10:38PM (#13448611)
To indict under RICO, you need evidence that the organization is involved in racketeering. (The R stands for racketeer). Racketeering includes things like murder, kidnapping, bribery, and gambling.

With all due respect, unless you are a practicing attorney, you are not qualified to make statements like this.

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Re:Uber Hires Former Google Search Chief Amit Singhal as SVP... by SomeStupidPoint on Saturday January 21, 2017 @05:13AM (#13449571)
Money laundering is one of the things specifically outlined under RICO, and why my edit mentions it in particular.
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Re:Uber Hires Former Google Search Chief Amit Singhal as SVP... by hluska on Saturday January 21, 2017 @07:46AM (#13449826)
Money laundering???

I have tried to be polite, but you are either incredibly ignorant or you are a troll. There is simply no way that it is acceptable to accuse any company of money laundering unless you have a serious amount of evidence.

I am disengaging from this 'conversation' as it is completely useless.

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