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Mike Lynch among missing after yacht sinks off Sicily

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Sells company for billions, accused of inflating the value of the company, sued, found not guilty, uses money from sale to buy boat, names boat after the company that he (allegedly) inflated the value of, dies in a boat accident 2 months later. Perhaps the universe wasn't happy with the court's conclusion in the fraud case or just has a sense of humour.

Presumably you mean "prosecuted" rather than "sued" for the criminal case in the USA. I think the civil case against him in London is still continuing. (It's hard to tell because journalists almost always garble almost everything related to the law.)

Of course someone will suggest that he has faked his own death.

The universe is not happy or sad. Six people missing and one person dead is not humorous.

This is really just projecting human ideas of karma and retribution onto someone who is innocent according to the courts, and it's incredibly distasteful to be making jokes while the search for survivors is ongoing, to say nothing of those who perished.

maybe the universe is centered in Sicily and he made the wrong choice of antagonists and holiday destination

He has antagonists who can control the winds and the weather?

I wanted to make a joke about this, saying that every year starting 2023, we need to sacrifice billionaires to Poseidon in order to push back society's expiration date. But then I read your comment and realized it would be incredibly distasteful, so I will not make that joke.

You have shown yourself to be a classy human being. Have my upvote!

The universe might not be enacting retribution, but it seems very suspicious timing that both defendants died so soon after winning the case.

That said coincidence is more likely than shady parts of the financial system arranging a waterspout to sink a ship.

> Lynch’s co-defendant in fraud trial on life support following weekend car crash

Either the universe really is unhappy or Hewlett-Packard are sending a message that you dont mess with them.

co-defendant now announced to be dead :(

Don't mess with hp

OR. takes advantage of a natural phenomenon to fake own death ("missing," meaning body not found, no identification and confirmation of death), uses ill gotten billions to start a new life. Also has option of upgrading to a new model of wife.

His money is probably traceable, though, and the guy is only in civil litigation and not criminal trouble iirc.

I could believe it if he had been SBF or that OneCoin lady.

After graduating from college in 2010, I was offered a position at Autonomy. I decided to turn it down based on the... less-than-stellar reviews on GlassDoor, et al. I know all companies have their foibles, but the reviews there made it seem like the company was a cult run by a charismatic leader (aka, Mike Lynch). I instead took a local job paying me nearly half what Autonomy offered me (although I did learn a ton at that job). My parents looked at me like I was crazy to turn down a nearly six-figure entry-level position.

That being said, I hope they find him. :(

> I instead took a local job paying me nearly half what Autonomy offered me

You have a lot of common sense and will power - good for you!

But what about the ludes?

Get the ludes!!

badgers?

> Witnesses say the boat's mast snapped in half and later became unbalanced

I notice on Wikipedia that Perini Navi built (at least) 10 of these yachts. 9 of them listed on Wikipedia are ketch rigged, 1 sloop rigged.

A ketch has two masts with the "front" one taller than the "rear" one. This type of setup spreads the total sail area over two main sails and the location of the masts gives the boat good balance in heavy wind.

A sloop uses a single mast, with a single main sail that must cover the same (or similar) sail area as the total sail area of the two main sails on the ketch. The mast is much taller than either of the ketch masts, and it should be located in a different spot than either of the ketch masts would be.

...the sloop-rigged one sank.

Awkward name for the boat

Fisker must be back in business!

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