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Re:Grand jury indicts Trevor Milton, Nikola founder, on thre... by Robotbeat on Thursday July 29, 2021 @04:46PM (#28001291)
I think Trevor was counting on people not being able to tell the difference. They named their Tesla-competing company “Nikola,” which is a bit astounding when you think of it.
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Re:Grand jury indicts Trevor Milton, Nikola founder, on thre... by fossuser on Thursday July 29, 2021 @05:01PM (#28001455)
And Elizabeth Holmes wore black turtle necks - subtlety is not what they’re usually going for.

Trevor does have some 30+ million dollar ranch in Utah though so I guess he did a better job of it.

In Holmes case I genuinely think it didn't start as a fraud, but became one when they started lying. Not sure about Nikola.

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Re:Grand jury indicts Trevor Milton, Nikola founder, on thre... by cat199 on Thursday July 29, 2021 @11:36PM (#28004165)
> In Holmes case I genuinely think it didn't start as a fraud

Anyone thinking you can do statistically accurate blood testing from one drop of dirty fingertip capillary blood without having already made a major scientific breakthrough is certainly not thinking straight, if not outright being fraudulent

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