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Re:SEC Charges Rothenberg Ventures in Fraudulent Scheme by oh_sigh on Monday August 20, 2018 @11:36PM (#17806754)
Agreed. I also never understood why Al Capone has such a bad stigma when he was really just a run of the mill tax evader.
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Re:SEC Charges Rothenberg Ventures in Fraudulent Scheme by jwc1 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @12:18AM (#17806958)
I think there's a great deal of evidence to suggest Capone was more than a run of the mill tax evader even though all they nailed him for was tax evasion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone#Saint_Valentine's_Da...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Outfit#Al_Capone's_emp...

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Re:SEC Charges Rothenberg Ventures in Fraudulent Scheme by oh_sigh on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @01:37AM (#17807267)
I was referring to this part of the post:

> his character never having been charged and convicted of any crime.

Or is the idea that if you are charged for shoplifting it is okay to spread the idea that you are a murderer?

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