10 years for refusing to to say where he found gold is wild. people who committed fraud against elderly people and child molesters often get sentenced for less than that.

▲

Terr_ 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> 10 years for refusing to to say where he found gold is wild.

No, that's not what happened. I'm guessing you saw this news before under a clickbait title.

It's not about where gold was found, it's about where he stashed it later. These are assets that are (or were) in his hands which partially belong to all the investors he defrauded.

▲

wouldbecouldbe 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Still point stand that fraud is at times punished harsher then rape or child molesting

▲

danielheath 13 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The fraud isn’t what he’s being punished for.

The ongoing refusal to answer questions under oath is.

He could have agreed to talk anytime and been released shortly.

▲

an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

[deleted]

▲

andrepd an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Rape and child molesting is often, unfortunately, hard to prove in a court of law. This case is the opposite.

▲

graemep an hour ago | parent [-]

You are missing the point. When these crimes are proved in court they get lower sentences. The lower conviction rates are unavoidable. The shorter sentences are not.

I remember once reading two bits of news about people given similar sentences. One for copyright infringement, the other for sexual assault of a teenager.

	▲	pluc 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Money is more valuable than people

▲

Mistletoe 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don’t understand why he won’t just share it, that’s Thorin Oakenshield level of crazy to choose jail over that.

“On my life, I will not part with a single coin.”

▲

Hendrikto 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In Germany, financial crimes are often punished much harder than capital crimes too. Tells you where the priorities lie.

	▲	Sharlin 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		To be fair, that’s pretty common and the justification is that it’s much more difficult to get caught (and the criminals are usually much smarter and better at not getting caught too).

▲

heavyset_go 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

He defrauded his investors. As much as I find that funny, what he did was a white collar crime that has consequences.

	▲	DetroitThrow 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah it's a sad consequence but... He effectively stole from others, why are people shocked? And yes contempt charges shouldn't go this long, but that's a separate qualm than "should he be criminally charged at all".