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Re:Texas woman gets 15 years for stealing $109M from Army to... by nixnixers on Saturday July 27, 2024 @03:49PM (#41088877)
It seems pretty ridiculous to me that if she didn't flaunt expensive items they apparently never would have noticed a company didn't exist, didn't provide anything of value, didn't cause any positive or negative feedback..

So an embezzler who is motivated by hoarding, by lavishing on a family member or to redirect to another cause is apparently undetectable.

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Re:Texas woman gets 15 years for stealing $109M from Army to... by askafriend on Saturday July 27, 2024 @04:05PM (#41088976)
> didn't provide anything of value, didn't cause any positive or negative feedback.

Net-zero is often a great outcome.

Many cases of net-negative outcomes despite huge spending and effort.

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Re:Texas woman gets 15 years for stealing $109M from Army to... by solardev on Saturday July 27, 2024 @04:25PM (#41089092)
The sad thing is she could've built a totally legitimate child care business with that funding and still paid herself a healthy salary for it. It's too bad she didn't use the opportunity to just go legit.
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