Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by wakeywakeywakey 2100 days ago
Why did you choose not to blow the whistle?
2 comments

I didn't have all the information that's coming out now. People tried. Read the article. The last investment was finalized days after someone raised concerns after realizing we didn't contact 70% of our customers.
The details of your post go beyond those mentioned in the article. Could you provide additional links?
I was someone at the bottom of the totem pole who tried to do my job and ask what questions I could. I certainly noticed a lack of analytics or basic traffic/revenue/customer data. Retroactively, it was obvious that this was essentially a fake job, but I couldn't piece this together and there wasn't enough company-wide transparency.

The fake financial statements were publicly released: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1317641...

How much were you being paid a year to do basically nothing?
Decent salary, but that's not the point. I'm distraught to realize I spent 5 months on nothing, and it's not something I'm proud to have or explain on my CV. It's cruel how much money these people throw away, but we were misled into thinking it was real. I wouldn't have taken this position to support such a scumbag.
What is cruel is I am having to file bankruptcy because of this.
Man/Gal, that sucks! Keep your head up <3
Why would you? Even if you've got all your ducks in a row you've made yourself a target for media attention and lawsuits.
Why not? Anonymously demanding moral action from others makes me righteous and costs me nothing. =)