0 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 11 Aug
A yearslong legal battle over an alleged fraud scheme involving real estate deals for Amazon’s data centers may be one step closer to a conclusion.
The Department of Justice asked a judge this month to vacate guilty pleas from two men accused by Amazon of participating in a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme. The two are among at least six people Amazon accused in a 2020 civil lawsuit of participating in the elaborate scheme, starting as early as 2017.
Amazon says the scheme left it duped into signing overpriced real estate deals while former employees and others working with a real estate developer lined their own pockets with excess funds.
Last March, two men who had worked with the real estate developer pleaded guilty to charges related to those allegations. Earlier this month, though, the DOJ asked that the court throw out those pleas.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/doj-withdraws-guilty-pleas-in-alleged-amazon-real-estate-fraud-scheme/
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 11 Aug
This is what happens when big companies have so much wealth and influence.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiracDelta 11 Aug
No, there is nothing wrong with amassing great wealth and influence when that influence is not coercive.
This is what happens under fiat when the government grows without bound, has a centralized monopoly on violence, and people utilize the government to exercise violence without skin in the game or fear that they might ever have to face
CONSEQUENCES
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @022fbc9cef 11 Aug
It is so scary that the government can literally take all the money from innocent people.
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