Thus spake "Tom K" :
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>"Crabman" wrote in message
>news:wmxYg.7752$gL.2790@southeast.rr.com...
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>>>> Martha was an officer, board member, or something like that on the New
>>>> York Stock Exchange, performed illegal insider trading, and lied.
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>> They got her on lying.
>>>>
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>> They only got her on obstruction. She was never charged with insider
>> trading, because they never found evidence of this.
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>They didn't need to get her on insider trading. Getting her on obstruction
>and lying to the Feds was easier to prove (like in Watergate). And those
>are much more serious charges.
>
>The punishment for the insider trading would likely have been a fine of less
>than $50,000.
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>But the punishment for obstruction and lying to Feds... that's Jail Time.
Additionally, it would have been hard to force her off the board and
out of office with the insider trading. A felony conviction
guaranteed that.
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>"Book her Dano!"
>
>--Tom
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