eLance Founder Indicted For Fraud

from the oops dept

I’m sure many people think that dot com founders and CEOs committed a ton of fraud over the past five years, but have any of them been indicted for it? The founder of eLance was indicted on Thursday for accepting kickbacks while he was working at New York Life. The company won’t comment on the matter, and apparently he’s currently in jail awaiting a hearing this week. I wonder if the “seed” money for eLance came from these kickbacks…


Add Your Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here

Comment Options:

Make this the or (get credits or sign in to see balance) what's this?

What's this?

Techdirt community members with Techdirt Credits can spotlight a comment as either the "First Word" or "Last Word" on a particular comment thread. Credits can be purchased at the Techdirt Insider Shop »

Follow Techdirt

Techdirt Daily Newsletter

Ctrl-Alt-Speech

A weekly news podcast from
Mike Masnick & Ben Whitelaw

Subscribe now to Ctrl-Alt-Speech »
Techdirt Deals
Techdirt Insider Discord
The latest chatter on the Techdirt Insider Discord channel...
Loading...