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home_boi | 7 years ago

> Clark had just turned 27 and left behind an estate valued at more than $4 million.

He got to keep the money even though he got convicted for wire fraud?

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foota|7 years ago

I think the wire fraud was probably something aside from their main activities -- like how Al Capone got put away for tax evasion.

pishpash|7 years ago

Also the estate is presumably still open to civil suits.

SolarNet|7 years ago

How do you think most estates started? Profiting off crime and leaving it to their family. The fundamental problems of capitalism include exactly this scenario.