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by hansmayer 25 days ago
> 1T company plans to IPO and their leader has been loudly committing an insane amount of fraud?

Ever heard of Enron, Theranos, SBX ? They were all hiding in plain sight - who could've thought they were frauds?
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aspenmartin 25 days ago
That’s why I said it’s possible but it’s a very improbable and weird prior assumption to make
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hansmayer 25 days ago
> weird prior assumption to make

No, at this level of capital involved, and so much opacity around the company financials, it's a perfectly reasonable assumption.

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danielmarkbruce 25 days ago
No, it's not. It's a stupid thing to say. Perfectly stupid assumption. There are 1000s of multi billion $ revenue companies operating and as a % the number that are fraudulent is close to zero, especially those public or looking to go public. There is always the possibility, but it's extremely naive to think it's likely.
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