What I really don't understand is why the security people who sent to jail didn't drop their boss in it in return for diminishing their role
What I really don't understand is why the security people who sent to jail didn't drop their boss in it in return for diminishing their role
There is a chance there wasn’t anything incriminating. The top guys kept conversations live or intimated they wanted something done; the lowers took the planning and execution upon themselves.
Mobsters have it down to an art.
"You take care of it." means "Murder him and dump the body into a building foundation."
"I don't see any problems." can mean "The ambush will happen at the scheduled time. Vinnie will clean up the bodies."
etc.
You'll also see a lot of politicians using "dog whistle" statements, that are interpreted by listeners to mean something entirely different from the stated words.
A good fictional example of this I often think of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH5j9RHCBpM
Dealing with turbulence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_tur...
Wasn't the strategy of Mafia bosses to say something vague like "I sure wish that guy would go away".
It was implicit that they wanted someone killed but if brought up in court they could say "I was just expressing an opinion, not giving an order"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_tur...
If by mafia you mean English Crown sure.
I'm not a lawyer, but isn't RICO meant to give a way to prosecute those who are at the top of organizations that have people committing crimes like this?
Possibly because they hope for gainful employment in future, and being a whistleblower of any variety tends to massively reduce the chances of that.
Cush consulting jobs after the fact. You don’t burn your social network unless the alternate is serious jail time. Given the slaps on the wrists described, clearly the after conviction pay day is more valuable.
> Cush consulting jobs after
Do you have evidence any of these folks got these?
Or generally, if any tech criminals now show nice consulting gigs on their LinkedIns and seem to have traction.
Wonder if any Enron perps are doing well, or Bernie Madoff’s associates, or if Elizabeth Holmes or SBF had righthand men…