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He was fined €240M? What had he done?
My bet would be tax evasion and money laundering. ;)
It's hard to wrap one's head around just how freaking rich the mega wealthy are. The 1% is not even the enemy at this point, they are closer to most of us than they are to the billionaire class.
I was more meaning "on what scale?". I assume he wasn't a few hundred short.
Obviously. How much?
Steal a little, and they put you in jail. Steal a lot, and they make you king.
Interesting that it's just a cost of doing business in China as well.
Fraud is punished in the free world too buddy.