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minus-squareApostleO@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 个月前That must be hyperbole, right? Like… The Enron guys at least, right?
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-26 个月前Madoff was straight up ponzi scheme fraud, not profit maximisation. Enron guys were fraudulently booking future possible revenues as certainties. Deliberate illegal misrepresentation is very different from making a (possibly) sub optimal business decision.
minus-squareMagicShel@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 个月前A quick search suggests Enron and Bernie Madoff are a couple of examples of conviction, but maybe there are nuances I’m not familiar with.
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 个月前Those… are examples of straight-up fraud. Of course that’s illegal.
That must be hyperbole, right?
Like… The Enron guys at least, right?
Madoff was straight up ponzi scheme fraud, not profit maximisation.
Enron guys were fraudulently booking future possible revenues as certainties.
Deliberate illegal misrepresentation is very different from making a (possibly) sub optimal business decision.
A quick search suggests Enron and Bernie Madoff are a couple of examples of conviction, but maybe there are nuances I’m not familiar with.
Those… are examples of straight-up fraud. Of course that’s illegal.