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As an ex-stockbroker, do you think she knew what she was doing wrong?

As much money as she has, she spent 5 months in jail and 4 more months under house arrest because she didn't want to lose $54k. Her legal fees surely have eclipsed the amount of money she would have lost if she had just taken the whipping.

Not quite the savvy I would have expected from a CEO of a multi-billion dollar company.

While I think the government was overly aggressive, I feel that they haven't done enough for Ebbers and his wife's behavior. All I know is, if I had defrauded hundreds of thousands of investors and ruined their retirement funds with worthless stock that I was selling while telling them to buy, I am damn sure I wouldn't have walked away with only 12 months. And then for his wife to ask for concurrent sentences so that they could care for their kids. If my wife and I colluded like that, you can be damn sure any kids I had would be wards of the state - and I'd be in jail for years.

If I ever go to court again, I'm going to ask to be tried as a celebrity.