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In the discussion thread: Company previously known as Blackwater agrees to $7.5 million fine in arms smuggling case [View all]

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Tue Aug 7, 2012, 05:46 PM

Scuba (26,703 posts)

1. Who went to jail? Can I just incorporate and rob banks without criminal liability too?

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22 replies	Author	Time	Post
Company previously known as Blackwater agrees to $7.5 million fine in arms smuggling case [View all]	maddezmom	Aug 2012	OP
Who went to jail? Can I just incorporate and rob banks without criminal liability too?	Scuba	Aug 2012	#1
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility...	freshwest	Aug 2012	#5
Yeah, and you'll be fined only chump change, too. nt	valerief	Aug 2012	#14
Nobody goes to jail and you pay a fine of .01% of your net worth.	russspeakeasy	Aug 2012	#2
Of course! THAT's why they call them "One Percenters"!!!	Scuba	Aug 2012	#6
Yup !	russspeakeasy	Aug 2012	#8
This penalty is a crime all by itself....n/t	prairierose	Aug 2012	#3
A little "retrospective protection" pay-off if you ask me, to avoid jail.	99th_Monkey	Aug 2012	#10
Ok - let me think on this for a moment. (Smoke rises) Government contracts keep this company afloat.	geckosfeet	Aug 2012	#4
Well we are the assclowns.	zeemike	Aug 2012	#7
This is no "fine"; it is a "pay-off" or bribe to avoid jail-time. ~nt	99th_Monkey	Aug 2012	#9
I tried that with a speeding ticket.	onethatcares	Aug 2012	#11
Pricks changed their name again.	Lars77	Aug 2012	#12
how many names have they had?????	dixiegrrrrl	Aug 2012	#17
half day's profit	Doctor_J	Aug 2012	#13
yet another terrorist organization	canuckledragger	Aug 2012	#15
Just one more 'chump change' fine for the U.S. Mercenaries. nt	cyberpj	Aug 2012	#16
bUT AFTER ALL THIS WIKILEAKS IS BAD?????	loudsue	Aug 2012	#18
kick and rec nt	limpyhobbler	Aug 2012	#19
Once again a CORPORATE person did not go to jail. A FINE IS NOT ENUF.	CarmanK	Aug 2012	#20
$7.5 million.	Le Taz Hot	Aug 2012	#21
"Security Firm Formerly Known As Blackwater?" Xe? or is it now something else?	Festivito	Aug 2012	#22

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