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Re:How Billionaire Robert Smith Avoided Indictment in Multim... by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @12:08PM (#26015896)
Bernie Madoff went to jail because he ripped off very rich people, and, even more importantly, humiliated and betrayed them.

I suspect, if the victims of his schemes had just been a bunch of plebes like us, then he would be sunning on the Riviera, right now.

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Re:How Billionaire Robert Smith Avoided Indictment in Multim... by missedthecue on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @05:45PM (#26020224)
Billionaire John Kapoor is in prison for another half decade for bribing doctors to prescribe opioids. Another example is the Jeff Skilling who went to prison for 15 years for ripping off customers, employees and shareholders, most of whom were not rich people. I don't think your narrative accurately reflects the facts.
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Re:How Billionaire Robert Smith Avoided Indictment in Multim... by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @05:59PM (#26020366)
> most of whom

It just takes one...

Have a great day!

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