Idiots
Super successful software entrepreneurs don't end up managing gyms in LA.
A man who conned four women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by falsely claiming they were investing in a software biz was this week sentenced to eight years behind bars. Between May 2015 and October 2018, Antonio Mariot Wilson, 58, first dated the women – one of whom was an actor in hit TV series Black-ish – and then …
"Just about anything and anyone is one up on John McAfee."
Ahem, I present evidence to the contrary, one Martin Shkreli.
Whilst sympathetic to the sort of morons easily parted from money to a fast-talking crook, I imagine it's easier to become a crook if one has lived in a car for 4 years alongst with one's family.
And 'Charity' in America seems mostly funnelled to those who don't need it, like Universities with multi-billion-dollar Endowments.
He is in good company.
I thought the sleeping in the car period was in the past and the family were now living in the apartment rented by the con man?
UK: safeguarding, if you give a car as your home address to your children's school the social services people will be paying a visit.
Ah yes, the snooty Euros who think they know so much about the US.
Fact: Us citizens give more money to charities by a factor of 2. That means twice as much!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_charitable_donation
Fact: No one in America has to live in a car or go hungry. You need only show up at Social Services and apply for help. If you don't have a home they will help you get one.
Fact: Poor people in America do not starve! In fact they eat better than most working people due to food stamp (EBT). In America we have FAT poor people.
Fact: No matter what you see from the "children are going hungry, send us money" folks there is no reason in this country for any child to go hungry. If they are, it is not the fault of America it is the fault of their parents!
It's unusual to give someone 48 hours after conviction to report to prison. Usually it happens on the spot. It's almost as though the judge _wants_ this guy to run. Which was completely unnecessary, because the judge could just delay sentencing for a decade and then dismiss the case if there are no more offenses.
He made the mistake of only ripping off investors for a few $100K, if he had ripped of the govt for a few $Bn he would have got a follow up contract..
The odd thing is why he decided to steal the money, all he had to do was hire a couple of incompetent offshore programmers to fail to build a website, while paying himself and family members a large salary as consultants and claiming a few foreign trips as expenses. Then the company goes bust = all perfectly legal
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