I Worked for a Criminal Organization • Hacker News Board

Re: I Worked for a Criminal Organization

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Post by Gravityloss » Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 11:20 AM UTC

psychoslave wrote: post #145

jotm wrote: post #124

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Yeah, look, ethics is great and all but when you risk being homeless or hungry, it quickly goes out the window. Especially for "victimless" (i.e. no one is directly affected) illegal activity.

I would be very curious to be presented with a single case of tax evasion chiefly decided to avoid becoming homeless or hungry. Also, ethics include one own integrity, it is not about sacrificing everything to others - at least not all ethical inquiries will conclude that.

I would guess a lot of cash paid manual work anywhere in the world is done by poor and vulnerable people, avoiding taxes or any regulations.

Re: I Worked for a Criminal Organization

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Post by matheusmoreira » Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 2:22 PM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #92

normalnorm wrote: post #75

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Am I the only one getting depressed with all the excuses and rationalizations in this thread? It's the same with "adtech" and the like... "Hey, I'm not killing anyone, what's the harm?" Technology has the potential to raise humanity above its current conditions and limitations. But we can't have it, because we are selfish and short-sighted monkeys. Take a big dump on all the ideals if this delivers the paycheck. "Bus…

You're not the only one. And don't even get me started on adtech. I share your sentiment 100%. See [0]. -- [0] - http://jacek.zlydach.pl/blog/2019-07-31-ads-as-cancer.html .

Advertising companies also act as censors. If some advertiser takes issue with something, it will be deleted. Therefore, every community ends up being sanitized so as to avoid offending advertisers and their policies. I've seen site administrators purge their own community after Google turned off their ads because someone complained about one page.

Re: I Worked for a Criminal Organization

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Post by ganoushoreilly » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 12:42 AM UTC

ikeboy wrote: post #33

ganoushoreilly wrote: post #32

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There's also other cases with charges pending, as well as a nasty Divorce case.

What other charges are there?

Last I heard, the Fbi is going after him separately for wire fraud against multiple banks.

Re: I Worked for a Criminal Organization

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Post by ikeboy » Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 1:15 AM UTC

ganoushoreilly wrote: post #233

ikeboy wrote: post #33

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What other charges are there?

Last I heard, the Fbi is going after him separately for wire fraud against multiple banks.

The only criminal case I can find is the one from last May. Googling "fbi wire fraud amir golestan" doesn't turn up anything relating to wire fraud against banks, and searching courtlistener for his name only turns up civil cases and the same May case. Do you have any links? Or is this based on personal knowledge that isn't public yet?