SEC forgives three scammers who bilked Americans out of millions

kwertyoowiyop 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

At this point, the only way republicans will hear about this (other than republican engineers reading HN) is if a reporter gets on Joe Rogan and talks about it there.

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readthenotes1 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not even that. The link doesn't work anymore...

	▲	pogue 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Worked fine for me just a minute ago

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stricdder 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	LocalH 16 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Vote 'em all out. We need some leadership that isn't beholden to D or R
	▲	OutOfHere 15 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Hunter Biden didn't really have political power.

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prawn 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Among the swindlers are Devon Archer, Trevor Milton and Carlos Watson, a trio of scammers who bilked Americans out of more than three quarters of a billion dollars."

"Archer was Hunter Biden's business partner. After he was caught in his investment scam, he helped prosecutors and congressional Republicans go after President Joe Biden's son."

"Milton is a multimillion-dollar donor to the 2024 Trump presidential campaign and had the wisdom to hire Brad Bondi, the brother of previous Trump lawyer, now-Attorney General Pam Bondi."

"Watson has ties to Trump pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson, recipient of a previous Trump pardon."

Feels like now more than ever, scammers should be made an example of?

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thisisit 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Coffeezilla on YouTube has been covering actions of SEC and other agencies in this administration. Lot of crypto and other scams are being forgiven especially if they have contributed to or somehow related to POTUS. In that small corner of the Internet there is a running meme - Crime is legal under this administration.

	▲	roncesvalles 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I mean, with all the TikTok ban extensions that are in no way supported by the ban bill, crime is literally legal now. The law is literally in a state of suspension.

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JKCalhoun 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They kind of are.

Well, not the kind of example you would want.

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pogue 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Here's an archived link for those who can't get the article working. It's through MSN, which aggregates other site's pages, so the layout is kind of goofy & you have to click "continue reading" or "skip to content" which might be hidden behind weird ads/JS if you're not using an ad blocker.

https://archive.ph/kovD3

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samtheprogram 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is the article taken down? Clicking the link just goes to a generic list of articles on MSN for me (redirects to msn.com).

Perhaps the link should be changed to the source referred to by a sibling comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45368383

	▲	asplake 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Works for me (iPhone, UK)

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mandeepj 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You haven't committed a crime if you've paid homage (bribe) to the orange Emperor, either via campaign donations, bitcoins, or stock purchase, or donation to his presidential library, or even booked a room in one of his hotels for $199. That's how much he has dragged the American Justice System for Sale; F'king Pathetic.

His enablers (Senate/House lawmakers, along with conservative judges) are equal partners in his shredding of values, ethics, and standards of this country.

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emchammer 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You've left out the option of a golden trophy

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frogperson 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is text book fascism.

	▲	Refreeze5224 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Woah now, Just because it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, doesn't mean you can you the "D" word. Some ducks might get offended! They might accuse you of fomenting violence like a duck might do!

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tickerticker 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hope this doesn't set any kind of legal precedent.

	▲	andrewstuart2 18 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I'm not sure legal precedent is much of a concern for this administration.
	▲	frogperson 16 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Do you really think laws still matter? Thats an honest question, not rhetorical. We've seen over and over that laws are applied selectively to reward the in group and punish the out group.

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xnx 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Previous thread on the Nikola guy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45302220

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xrd 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The lesson here: steal as big as you can.

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bombela 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Link redirects me to the MSN homepage.

	▲	pimlottc 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Non-MSN version: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/david-m...

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therobots927 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Pay to play

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ChrisArchitect 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/sec-trump-cle...

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aussieguy1234 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Committed fraud? If you paid homage to the dictator, no you didn't...

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bix6 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Disgusting.

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cyanydeez 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Someones gotta power the emergent grift growth market

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pwarner 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The market should fix this, but it doesn't appear to be holding these folks to account.

	▲	rimbo789 17 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Markets are very bad at holding people to account for anything So is this administration. But markets are also bad at it
	▲	LocalH 16 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		The market only cares about what makes number go up, or what stops number from go up
	▲	xnx 16 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The market? Historically this would be more of a mob justice situation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_justice