[lotsofpulp]

>It's debatable whether it was legal (because he was an officer/director of the company and that law is on the books)

I am interested in finding out the answer to this, as others have posted in this thread the text of the law which makes it seem like he should not have been able to, and what reasoning could possibly have made it legal.

[didibus]

You won't find the answer, because you're innocent until proven guilty. The laws are not formally defined, it would need to go in front of courts, and then people could argue whatever interpretation and evidence they want to convince one way or another.

I think what's more clear is that it's clever and probably an unintended loophole, be it technically legal or not isn't so important. What matters in the end is a bunch of money didn't go to maintaining society's infrastructure, paying for military, and all that, instead money from other sources and other people's pockets was used. Do you care? Do we care? I think that's the more relevant dimension to think about and discuss.