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I Won $104M for Blowing the Whistle But Was the Only One Who Went to Jail

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Re: I Won $104M for Blowing the Whistle But Was the Only One Who Went to Jail

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Post by themodder666 »

developer2 wrote: post #68
themodder666 wrote: post #65

Fuck this guy. No, seriously, fuck this guy. Why in the hell would anybody who's not an asshole decide to aid and abet the state in its coercive expropriation of money? I find this guy repulsive.

Huh? He's the only person out of dozens/hundreds/thousands of employees who pursued. Everyone else is happy to have a comfy job that pays their bills, while burying their heads in the sand and praying that nobody shuts them down so they can keep their cushy salaries performing illegal work. "Fuck this guy". No, fuck almost everyone else who works for these kinds of companies, pretending like they're not the scum of s…

'Illegal' does not mean immoral. I would dodge taxes if I could, as I don't much appreciate people robbing me.

Re: I Won $104M for Blowing the Whistle But Was the Only One Who Went to Jail

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Post by limeyx »

Spooky23 wrote: post #95
happyslobro wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to see ads on TV for pardoning services, that implied that they could restore your ability to travel. Does anyone know if those actually work? If they do, then you might really be clear and free with a bit less than $100MM after, say, 5 years.

Federal charges can only be pardoned by the president, are limited in number, and don't expunge your record with very few exceptions. You still need to report the conviction, and still need to ask various states for "forgiveness" to restore your rights. Personally, I'd stick to the PowerBall for a get rich quick dream.

If I had $104M in the bank I'd put it as the caption on the top of my resume "Spent three years in federal prison..."

Re: I Won $104M for Blowing the Whistle But Was the Only One Who Went to Jail

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Post by 1812Overture »

DannyBee wrote: post #81
vvpan wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please tell more.

I have no evidence they help large corporations shelter taxes, but kathryn went to dla piper: https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/people/k/kathryn-keneally/ and Kevin went to Miller and Chevalier http://www.millerchevalier.com/OurPeople/KevinMDowning Now, again, i'm a big believer in the various ethics rules bars have for what previous government lawyers are allowed to do and not do. But they still have to be able to get…

The argument isn't that using knowledge and skill gained working at DOJ/SEC in private industry is bad. The argument is that while working at DOJ/SEC you go soft on your adversaries because you know you'll need them to hire you at some point.

Re: I Won $104M for Blowing the Whistle But Was the Only One Who Went to Jail

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Post by guelo »

1812Overture wrote: post #103
DannyBee wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have no evidence they help large corporations shelter taxes, but kathryn went to dla piper: https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/people/k/kathryn-keneally/ and Kevin went to Miller and Chevalier http://www.millerchevalier.com/OurPeople/KevinMDowning Now, again, i'm a big believer in the various ethics rules bars have for what previous government lawyers are allowed to do and not do. But they still have to be able to get…

The argument isn't that using knowledge and skill gained working at DOJ/SEC in private industry is bad. The argument is that while working at DOJ/SEC you go soft on your adversaries because you know you'll need them to hire you at some point.

Or maybe you come down hard on whistleblowers that anger your future clients.

Re: I Won $104M for Blowing the Whistle But Was the Only One Who Went to Jail

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Post by DannyBee »

1812Overture wrote: post #103
DannyBee wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have no evidence they help large corporations shelter taxes, but kathryn went to dla piper: https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/people/k/kathryn-keneally/ and Kevin went to Miller and Chevalier http://www.millerchevalier.com/OurPeople/KevinMDowning Now, again, i'm a big believer in the various ethics rules bars have for what previous government lawyers are allowed to do and not do. But they still have to be able to get…

The argument isn't that using knowledge and skill gained working at DOJ/SEC in private industry is bad. The argument is that while working at DOJ/SEC you go soft on your adversaries because you know you'll need them to hire you at some point.

" The argument is that while working at DOJ/SEC you go soft on your adversaries because you know you'll need them to hire you at some point."

You don't have to go to private law firms if you don't want, of course.

But again, this argument is applicable to everything.

While working at Apple, you'll go soft on improving Siri because you may want to transition to getting paid to work more on Google Now at Google ...

Is there a situation where you think this principle isn't applicable?

(also, what is your proposed solution?)

Re: I Won $104M for Blowing the Whistle But Was the Only One Who Went to Jail

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Post by DannyBee »

winstonsmith wrote: post #94
DannyBee wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, let's ignore the SEC here for a second (which truly is a mess): These folks are tax lawyers. They obey every ethical restriction placed on them by the state bars. If they quit the federal government, where exactly are they to go to have a job?

The narrowness of career paths for highly specialized attorneys combined with the possibility of entering an altogether different remuneration universe at the law firms the DOJ is theoretically adversarial to is what makes the revolving door spin, and the spinning of the door is what turns "adversarial" into " theoretically adversarial". That is the problem. I didn't say there was an easy solution. The generalization…

"That is the problem. I didn't say there was an easy solution."

I do not believe there is any solution, actually, other than paying them enough to not want to go into private law firms :)

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