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This I find hard. This thread is a major eye-opener, quite heavily dividing the HN world. No one thinks Seth/Amicus did well here, but there is a world of difference between supporting a company or founder and condoning illegality.

This smacks of hanging someone out to dry. And that bothers me, unless you have much more backstory with Amicus than is obvious here.

This thread has shaken me - I initially sided with OP because he sounded a great deal like me - and I respected the effort such honesty takes.

I am not sadly a man of great personal integrity. I vow never to lie but only because I have found it leads to more stress and trouble than the alternative. Always being honest I am working up to - ChuckM's grandfather sets a high bar.

Ultimately I have no insight into this case, no idea who's story is more close to reality. But I value openness and admitting of mistakes - it makes my own stumblings more bearable.

So I respect Seth for opening up here. He may well lose this company, he may well suffer prosecution for back taxes. And he should take his licks. But if he has dealt openly and honestly with his investors and employees he will I expect be back again, backed by investors who will this time insist on a firm of good accountants

Incompetency in administration may be a crime, but it's more forgivable than lying.