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lonely_wanderertoday at 4:57 PM4 repliesview on HN

In for a penny, in for a pound. Unless you are extremely crafty, you don’t get to retire from this sort of criminality. Everyone who enabled you wants more and you have a semi-permanent metaphorical sword hanging over your head.


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onion2ktoday at 5:14 PM

Unless you are extremely crafty, you don’t get to retire from this sort of criminality.

He got away with it for 30 years. That shows at least some level of craftiness.

SoftTalkertoday at 7:24 PM

> Everyone who enabled you wants more

And once you've taken the first bribe, they now have leverage.

vitally3643today at 5:05 PM

Or you use your single digit millions of currency to buy an island and retire for a decade or two while everyone forgets you exist

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hulitutoday at 6:24 PM

> Unless you are extremely crafty, you don’t get to retire from this sort of criminality.

You should come to [insert your favourite EU country here].