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by intralizee 3022 days ago
Reading this article is remarkably comical. I understand what they did is labeled as criminal. Yet it's funny how a lot of businesses are similar and in this world they're legal.

"They showed no regard for the unnecessary costs they imposed on their victims - I would say they treated them with contempt." - Hmm that isn't new.

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Businesses that don't pretend to be an official government service are fairly dissimilar from this case, but yes - I agree with the sentiment!
It also reminds me of my time in Southern Italy government officials with mob connections tried to exploit me when i lost my passport