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A comment on DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Album, and $7.3M. Parent comment

Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by jayd16 on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:37AM (#15830373)
I guess its closer to stealing from the register and leaving a lottery ticket that happen to be a winner. Still seems perfectly convictable to me.
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Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by fmihaila on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:51AM (#15830427)
> I guess its closer to stealing from the register and leaving a lottery ticket that happen to be a winner.

Yes, this is a better analogy.

> Still seems perfectly convictable to me.

The question, though, isn't whether he should go to jail; I think he should. It's whether he should lose his assets to the government (I think he shouldn't).

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