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When it affects average people, the wheels of justice are slow. When it affects the wealthy, suddenly there is attention. This is pretty much what happened with Bernie Madoff. He was running his scheme for years and nobody blinked until some billionaires lost money.
Yup. Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani, same thing. If they'd only endangered patients, they'd have gotten away with it.
Or if you are Bezos and you get rich through the abuse of workers, that's fine too.