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0 pointspotsandpans1y ago0 comments

To commit criminal fraud with impunity?

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Kind of, yes. The legal purpose of a corporate structure is that the corporation is a liability shield for the people in it.

mminer2371y ago

It's to provide limited financial liability for the shareholders; the actual employees don't get any. And it has nothing to do with criminal liability.

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0 pointspotsandpans1y ago0 comments

To commit criminal fraud with impunity?

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immibis1y ago

Kind of, yes. The legal purpose of a corporate structure is that the corporation is a liability shield for the people in it.

mminer2371y ago

It's to provide limited financial liability for the shareholders; the actual employees don't get any. And it has nothing to do with criminal liability.

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