Even if only half ofthat money went back into circulation, that's still an obscene number of people he had essentially stolen from. And he's rich enough that anything but death will mean he can only escape it. People who are willing to embezzle enough money to support that many lives are worthless to the human genepool.

Thank you, Iran! Western society could learn from this. That just because youre rich doesnt mean you can pay your way above the law.

If you're referring to my Mexico posts, then maybe a little bit, yeah. Though the resposne to such a suggestion was due to the fact that Mexico is overrun with corruption and cartel, forcing many to leave their country to find better lives. It'd be better if they could solve their own problems, but they've proven incapable of doing so.

That said, this very comment invites off-topic discussion.

I actually didn't make a judgement on the entire case yet. All I know currently is from the CNN article.

Why would that money go back into circulation?  I don't understand what you mean with that.  That money would either stay with the company or it would be split more evenly among investors, management, and probably as bribes to government officials.  Either way, it was always going to end up in a high-end bank account.  Basically, he was stealing from other rich people.

Also, the idea that people are "thanking" the Iranian government ... I don't even know what to say.  This is the government that had supposedly been using this guy for corrupt purposes of their own, such as money laundering, bypassing sanctions, and nuclear material aquisition.  They are more corrupt than he is; if they turned on him, it was probably more that they wanted to seize his wealth for themselves or perhaps they thought he was somehow dangerous to them.  The Iranian government doesn't give a damn about that money reaching the common people.

This is almost certainly political and we probably know next to nothing about the actual facts in this case.

Salaries, services, maintenance, cost of goods.... If you think money goes into a company andt stays there forever, then I don't really have much else to say.

Not really,  cost effective.

Talking about Iran, I wouldn't be surprised if there even wasn't any crime. That said, if there is a crime, it's good no one is immune to charges (and convictions). I don't agree about death penalties in general, but this seems to be at the appropriate end of the penalty scale: Corruption is a huge problem worldwide, and needs to be taken more seriously.

Except no, they could have hired more people and afforded other services. Instead, they were billions behind and likely has to cut operation costs.

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