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Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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Post by bosie »

_delirium wrote: post #5
lingben wrote: post #2

I'm rather confused why not contact a lawyer and pursue legal action? world-glance.com screams caution since there is so much missing, team info, personal names & bios, contact, address, etc. and it was only registered in Feb 2015 and has whois privacy protection http://whois.domaintools.com/world-glance.com privacy protection is not normally an issue but when a COMPANY (not personal!) webpage has no personal details…

If all she's been getting out of the "potential investor" scam is free dinners/trips/etc. and doesn't have significant assets, suing her is probably a money-losing proposition.

since i don't know how to contact you elsewhere, I am going to ask in a thread. I just noticed in your profile you mentioned moving from copenhagen to the US. what happened?

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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Post by _delirium »

bosie wrote: post #41
_delirium wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If all she's been getting out of the "potential investor" scam is free dinners/trips/etc. and doesn't have significant assets, suing her is probably a money-losing proposition.

since i don't know how to contact you elsewhere, I am going to ask in a thread. I just noticed in your profile you mentioned moving from copenhagen to the US. what happened?

Family & work reasons. My parents live in the U.S., and I had a contract position at a university in Copenhagen that was extended a few times and recently ended, so it was a good time for a move. Copenhagen's a nice place to live though!

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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Post by Frozenlock »

erikwiffin wrote: post #36
Frozenlock wrote: post #32

It's the little things, but I read > Hindsight is 2020 as "Hindsight is two thousand twenty" I would invite the writers to use '20-20'.

The expression comes from a measurement of visual acuity, the correct notation would be 20/20.

Or that. Really, anything else than 2020.

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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Post by declan »

_delirium wrote: post #40
declan wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> sue Cecile... Then expose her once she has been sentenced to prison. First, if you sue someone, it's a civil action, not a criminal prosecution. Second, if any statements are defamatory, they would be libel, not slander. Third, truth is an absolute defense against libel claims. (And just for completeness, the U.S. does not have criminal libel laws.)

> the U.S. does not have criminal libel laws Some states do have criminal-libel laws, though there isn't a federal one. See: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/criminal-libel-statutes-...

Quite right. I should have been more clear: Criminal libel laws may still be in the statute books, much like laws may still exist requiring someone carrying a red flag to walk in front of horseless carriages. But we should expect prosecutions under criminal libel laws to fail because of the modern interpretation of the First Amendment (and state constitutional protections that may be broader).

For instance a court in the 1990s struck down Montana's criminal libel law as unconstitutional: https://casetext.com/case/state-v-helfrich-1 But as far as I know it is still on the books.

Re: Modus Operandi: Poses as an investor to be wined and dined, then disappears

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Post by bosie »

_delirium wrote: post #42
bosie wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

since i don't know how to contact you elsewhere, I am going to ask in a thread. I just noticed in your profile you mentioned moving from copenhagen to the US. what happened?

Family & work reasons. My parents live in the U.S., and I had a contract position at a university in Copenhagen that was extended a few times and recently ended, so it was a good time for a move. Copenhagen's a nice place to live though!

Thanks for the reply, I will miss your insights on HN about copenhagen and denmark!
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