Originally Posted by oiRRio
Regardless of the circumstances, someone taking their life is shocking and sad,
And cowardly.
Originally Posted by oiRRio
I am stunned that some on FT seem do be deriving some form of schadenfreude from his "comeuppance".
Not deriving any form of schadenfreude but in amonst all the "he was great guy" some of us are saying that he probably wan't the person that a lot of people thought he was.
He had a "holier than thou" attitude, yet he was a convicted fraudster who, in his own words; "stole a great deal of money from a number of people" and "abused their trust and friendship". He was also prosecuted for tax fraud. Despite all of this he didn't seem to learn his lesson and was facing yet more fraud charges:-
"It is without question that Cyberco is ... perpetrating a scheme to defraud Charter One and likely other creditors,"
To be a good fraudster you have to be confident and gain peoples trust. It seems
B Watson was able to do that to a number of people. christep summed it up well in his initial post:-
I guess you were never quite what you seemed...
His family and friends will not doubt mourn him but I doubt that those he defrauded will shed many tears.