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Bloke, 48, accused of whaling two US tech leviathans out of $100m

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chain

Way down the financial sign off food chain, some lowly clerk who was only allowed to deal with "small sums" would likely be fired if they got fooled by a fraud of a few grand.

But when someone at the top screws up and loses stupid amounts of cash to fraud, all too often there is no penalty for them to pay.

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