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A comment on U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes, Ramesh Balwani. Parent comment

Re:U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos’s Elizabeth ... by coldtea on Friday June 15, 2018 @05:24PM (#17323687)
>It's illegal to say "I have a working antimatter drive prototype; give me a million dollars." Holmes and Balwani did the latter.

It's only illegal if you don't actually have one.

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Re:U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos’s Elizabeth ... by philipov on Friday June 15, 2018 @05:32PM (#17323751)
In that sentence, "antimatter drive prototype" is defined to mean "a thing you couldn't possibly have," so don't be a pedant.
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Re:U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos’s Elizabeth ... by coldtea on Friday June 15, 2018 @05:56PM (#17323958)
They said that about heavier than air flight too...
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Re:U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos’s Elizabeth ... by tptacek on Friday June 15, 2018 @05:27PM (#17323715)
You also have to be aware that you don't have one, for what it's worth.
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