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by justapassenger 54 days ago
2 more, most important reasons she was sentenced:

1. She stopped making money for rich people.

2. She herself wasn’t rich enough.

Leon is too rich, and he keeps on making money for the right people.

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Right, I've also heard your (1) above expressed as "she basically stole from the wrong set of people -- rich and powerful".

Kinda-sorta off-topic (but not really), it reminds me of Charlie Javice. She sold a database of college loan applicants to JP Morgan for $175 million -- it later turned out that she had fabricated most of that data.