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Re:Elizabeth Holmes representing herself in Arizona civil case by rhino369 on Sunday January 26, 2020 @09:13PM (#22156359)
But does that same rule prevent bankruptcy after getting a final judgement.

She's going to get hit with a 200 million dollar judgement. But she doesn't have 200 million dollars. I assume, at that point, she can declare bankruptcy.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes representing herself in Arizona civil case by manigandham on Sunday January 26, 2020 @10:37PM (#22156696)
Well it can be paid over time. There are other convicted scammers with giant restitution amounts that they just keep paying until they die.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes representing herself in Arizona civil case by voxic11 on Monday January 27, 2020 @11:46AM (#22161017)
You obviously can't discharge criminal restitution in bankruptcy. You can discharge civil judgements in most cases, but intentional fraud can be non-dischargable if the creditor files a adversary proceeding.

I guess if they won the criminal case they would have a much better chance of arguing to the bankruptcy court that it wasn't intentional fraud.

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