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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap Highlight

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The two hard-luck cases were a mid-level GE executive and, wait for it, his kung-fu instructor. The two had conspired to make a $157,000 trade ahead of the merger. You can look it up: United States v. Anthony Chrysikos and Michael Martello, filed in 2002. These two idiots realized a total profit of $157,259.09. Chrysikos, the GE exec, ended up getting fifteen months in jail for the crime. Samberg, meanwhile, made $18 million on his Heller trade, and Mack made about $10 million through the seemingly linked Lucent deal. But Mack got off scot free and was not even interviewed until right after the statute of limitations expired.

— Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple

Replicated under Fair Use from The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple. (Pg. 401)