[praptak]

I don't buy this equivalence of financial damage to a person with financial damage to a business.

If I had a business its finances would be separate from my personal finance using limited liability, so even if someone destroyed 100% of its value, it would only be no return on investment for me - sad and bad but totally not equivalent to losing all my personal money.

[cowthulhu]

What about the employees you had to let go to cover the shortfall? No damages there either?

[praptak]

Same category - bad but not enough to warrant four years jail time. Unless you are prepared to argue four years in jail for unlawful termination.

[cowthulhu]

Well, I know whose company I’ll be defrauding!

[rank0]

And I don’t buy this as a serious well thought out argument. If someone destroys your method of producing personal income they have indeed damaged your personal finances.