Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/30/karim-baratov-gets-prison.html
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The proverbial slap on the wrist for the amount of damage he did.
A slap on the wrist can be effective if applied with sufficient force.
Poor guy will have to sell the Aston Martin.
11,000 x $100 = $1.1M
Over 7 years that’s $157k per year.
Not bad for a real job, but pretty low for the risk he was taking.
I’m still tickled by a report I read around these parts some time ago (that’s kind of vague), which covered research in to the earnings of armed robbers, and found that, including prison time, they usually worked for below minimum wage.
But nothing beats a flexible schedule!
(Until you’re behind bars anyway, hehe!)
Baratov was also ordered to forfeit any of his remaining assets to cover an additional fine, according to prosecutors.
I wonder if he has any hidden stashes of bitcoin?
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