My personal belief is that this was not fraud and "Code is Law" works. Yet, this guy is a perfect example of how intelligence and wisdom are not the same. He was clearly smart and dedicated enough to pull off this sort of trade successfully multiple times in a row, and probably all he had to do to get away with it was keeping his mouth shut. Or at the very least not get convicted by default on contempt of court charges by ignoring a court summons.
Court was outside its jurisdiction here. The fact that the case went forward shows that he was about to be railroaded by corrupt authorities.
Agree, but the wisdom here is in recognising that once you made $65m in seconds at someone else's expense they will try to recoup that amount by any means necessary.
He isn't working completely alone. He was able to borrow some "wisdom" and skedaddle.
That German general who talked about keeping stupid industrious people away from your armed forces never met a clever enough fool.
Clever fools are how you get Jurassic Park.
It is a good example. Unfortunately most 18 year olds don’t possess a whole lot of wisdom yet. This guy was basically a kid when he did this.