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Insider trade on Splunk acquisition?

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417 points mkmk | 3 comments | 21 Sep 23 15:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.567s | source
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jkubicek ◴[21 Sep 23 16:42 UTC] No.37600265[source]▶
Obviously I don't condone insider trading, but it's nice to see someone go all in and make some real money. If you're going to risk jail time, you might as well do it for life-changing amounts of cash.

Contrast this with Stephen Buyer who's going to trial and may well end up in jail for a piddly few $100k.

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sokoloff ◴[21 Sep 23 16:43 UTC] No.37600283[source]▶
I expect this trade will indeed change the trajectory of their life.
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yumraj ◴[21 Sep 23 17:50 UTC] No.37601317[source]▶
As in go to jail? I’m pretty sure yes.
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throaway920181 ◴[21 Sep 23 17:56 UTC] No.37601405[source]▶
You must be new to the United States. Only the poors go to jail (except in the most extreme cases like Epstein, and it still took them 20+ years to do anything to him.
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1. boeingUH60 ◴[21 Sep 23 19:14 UTC] No.37602612[source]▶
Wow, I guess SBF is a pauper then.
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2. bluedays ◴[21 Sep 23 19:34 UTC] No.37602953[source]▶
He’s new money.
3. cezart ◴[21 Sep 23 22:27 UTC] No.37605297[source]▶
People like SBF, Holmes etc, fucked over other super rich and often way more powerful people. That's why they are being punished. If they did smth like screw up 5 milion normal citizens for a 1000$ each, they'd still have their billion dollar fraud, but no serious punishment for it.