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Re:After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to thi... by haakonhr on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @11:27AM (#23478146)
Didn't he try to hire a hitman to murder some associate of his?
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Re:After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to thi... by jki275 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @11:30AM (#23478173)
He wasn't charged with that, although all reports indicate he did do it. All sorts of conspiracy theories as to why he wasn't charged, most likely boils down to LE or prosecutorial incompetence.
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Re:After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to thi... by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @12:58PM (#23479330)
> He wasn't charged with that

It was, in fact, pay of the allegations of the crimes he was charged with, and it explicitly was a sentencing factor. He wasn't charged with, say, attempted murder or conspiracy to commit murder for the alleged murder-for-hire scheme, though.

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Re:After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to thi... by jki275 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @01:04PM (#23479436)
Right, he wasn't charged with it. As I said.

It was used as an aggravation factor (if that's the right word) at sentencing, that's true. But he wasn't charged with it.

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Re:After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to thi... by koheripbal on Thursday June 11, 2020 @09:11AM (#23488441)
Are you making a semantic argument about his attempted murder?

Does that really sound logical to you?

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