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[โ€“] chaogomu@lemmy.world 60 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bezos took it a step further than most. Small loans of several hundred thousand dollars from his parents paired with actual fraud perpetrated against the major publishers.

[โ€“] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 3 days ago

I vaguely recall the fraud, but I forget the specifics. Please drop a link for more info if you have one! (Otherwise, yes, I am capable of searching the web myself.)