> This included alleged representations that CaaStle earned $66.3 million on revenue of $439.9 million in 2023, when it actually lost $81 million on revenue of $15.7 million.

> lawyers said the indictment presented “an incomplete and very distorted picture” “There is much more to this story, and we look forward to telling it,”

I wonder how that'll work out for the founder

My thoughts:

- Did someone really make a VC-backed "Rent-a-swag"?

- Did they also go full Saperstein?

Yep. They did.

"This included alleged representations that CaaStle earned $66.3 million on revenue of $439.9 million in 2023, when it actually lost $81 million on revenue of $15.7 million." - Seriously, why would someone attempt to pull this? This lie seems really easy to catch. I don't get it?

"Fake it til you make it" is near-universal in the space. You just never hear about the ones who do make it.

Do investors do due diligence anymore?

A prominent entrepreneur who founded the now-bankrupt clothing technology startup CaaStle was criminally charged on Friday with defrauding investors out of more than $300 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Federal charges = pardon potential.

40-under-40. They always are.

seems to be the pattern doesn't it.

This hedge fund manager did a review on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V36kSqwjaaw&t=7s