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Re:WeWTF by avip on Saturday August 17, 2019 @04:12PM (#20726048)
It seems irresponsible to use the term fraud. You need strong evidence to accuse someone in a criminal offence.

Fraud is Theranos. We seems more of a BetterPlace - delusional, charismatic founder + too much money - sound business model.

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Re:WeWTF by georgeecollins on Saturday August 17, 2019 @08:11PM (#20727288)
You can never be sure that it is a fraud until someone is convicted. Convincing the company that you are the CEO of to pay you personally $5.9 million dollars for the trademark "We" (after you started the company and called it WeWork btw.) could be considered defrauding investors if the trademark "We" was not really worth $5.9m.

It's not fraud until someone wins in court. And not all cases of fraud are pursued.

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