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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by vkou on Saturday November 19, 2022 @12:32AM (#33667279)
> I think we throw around years like slaps on the wrist.

I generally agree, but when your fraud is in the hundreds of millions and billions range, well, that's more than most people will earn in a hundred lifetimes.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by Aeolun on Saturday November 19, 2022 @01:24AM (#33667560)
I think to me it depends very much on who is losing the money. If you defraud Musk of 1B of his money, that represents less than 1/100th of his wealth and is completely irrelevant.

If you defraud 500K people of all their $2K in savings, then you deserve everything that’s coming to you.

Oddly enough I think the justice system is set up to function the other way around.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by robertlagrant on Saturday November 19, 2022 @09:37AM (#33670441)
What makes it set up to function the other way round?
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