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He was so brazen in using identical schematic and suppliers. It amazing to think all this is a result of the supplier getting confused from having two clients with identical schematics and accidently cc'ing the wrong engineers.
How many other criminals can avoid jail time right now due to the Covid threat?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/politics/michael-cohen-will-b...
More than the 18 month prison sentence, it would have been far better to punish him with life-long red mark on his career to never be able to found, or run a company and never be able to buy stock or any kind of a position in any company. Seems like 18 months will be spent plotting his next big thing and it’s rinse and repeat. Also put an upper limit to his wealth. Say total : $40K. And cancel his passport.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-uber-executive-s...
They also imposed a fine of $95,000 and ordered him to pay $756,499.22 in restitution to Waymo LLC, as Google’s self-driving program is now known. Levandowski was also sentenced to a 3-year period of supervised release.
I agree with your sentiment though: a short period of imprisonment in a presumably low security prison plus Disproportionately-Severe spectrum.
More than the 18 month prison sentence, it would have been far better to punish him with life-long red mark on his career to never be able to found, or run a company and never be able to buy stock or any kind of a position in any company. Seems like 18 months will be spent plotting his next big thing and it’s rinse and repeat. Also put an upper limit to his wealth. Say total : $40K. And cancel his passport.
He was so brazen in using identical schematic and suppliers. It amazing to think all this is a result of the supplier getting confused from having two clients with identical schematics and accidently cc'ing the wrong engineers.
You mean "confused." I think the supplier knew exactly what was happening and decided to let the cat out of the bag.
It seems inconsistent to punish technologists like Levandowski when we don't punish bankers, CEOs, and polluters with the the same enthusiasm.
Wow, I can't believe they made him pay back .4% of his compensation.
It seems inconsistent to punish technologists like Levandowski when we don't punish bankers, CEOs, and polluters with the the same enthusiasm.
He was so brazen in using identical schematic and suppliers. It amazing to think all this is a result of the supplier getting confused from having two clients with identical schematics and accidently cc'ing the wrong engineers.
You mean "confused." I think the supplier knew exactly what was happening and decided to let the cat out of the bag.
I thought that was nice of them, as they were under no contractual obligation to decline orders from anyone else or to let me know about them. I guess Levandowski would have a different take on it.