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Which prison would I be in right now if I executed 3,700 'insider' trades in 4 months and made off with billions? (Original Post) OGBuzz 17 hrs ago OP
Trick question! TheProle 17 hrs ago #1
Apparently "none" 0rganism 17 hrs ago #2
The same one that Jordan Belfort ("The Wolf of Wall Street") went to... Moostache 16 hrs ago #3
What happens to most people for the crimes of rape, treason, stealing classified documents. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #4
That Depends modrepub 16 hrs ago #5
The one on the beach of the fanciest and most secure villa on Tahiti DFW 16 hrs ago #6
It wouldn't be Alderson Federal Reformatory. Staph 16 hrs ago #7
Can't help but recall the Martha Stewart debacle... ultralite001 16 hrs ago #8
None if you rain praise down upon trump and give him a slice BlueWaveNeverEnd 13 hrs ago #9

0rganism

(25,715 posts)
2. Apparently "none"
Tue May 19, 2026, 04:58 PM
17 hrs ago

Just remember to kick in a big donation to the "ballroom" fund, and you're good to go

Moostache

(11,291 posts)
3. The same one that Jordan Belfort ("The Wolf of Wall Street") went to...
Tue May 19, 2026, 05:34 PM
16 hrs ago

If you are rich... you get country club prison camp and attenuated sentencing.

If you are poor, you'd be in a federal prison.

If you are black or any racial minority (rich or poor), you'd be dead, "shot while fleeing arrest" or "found dead in cell"

HOWEVER --- if you simply suck off the dear leader in public forums and storm the Capitol, you go free AND get paid...

Irish_Dem

(82,344 posts)
4. What happens to most people for the crimes of rape, treason, stealing classified documents.
Tue May 19, 2026, 05:41 PM
16 hrs ago

Theft, insider trading, blackmail, etc etc.

modrepub

(4,192 posts)
5. That Depends
Tue May 19, 2026, 05:51 PM
16 hrs ago

First question, are you a Democrat or a Republican?

Second question, what is your net worth?

Bonus question, has your salary been frozen at $174k for more than 5 years?

DFW

(60,436 posts)
6. The one on the beach of the fanciest and most secure villa on Tahiti
Tue May 19, 2026, 05:52 PM
16 hrs ago

Or maybe La Digue? Or Bora Bora? One of those well-known prisons where you face daily sexual harassment from the most beautiful (women/men, you get your preference) from your island or the surrounding ones. Imports from Europe and Asia available for a nominal supplement.

Staph

(6,475 posts)
7. It wouldn't be Alderson Federal Reformatory.
Tue May 19, 2026, 06:07 PM
16 hrs ago

That's where Martha Stewart ended up for doing a tiny fraction of what 47 did.


ultralite001

(2,677 posts)
8. Can't help but recall the Martha Stewart debacle...
Tue May 19, 2026, 06:15 PM
16 hrs ago

"Martha Stewart’s Insider Trading Scandal"...

In the early 2000s, America’s most famous homemaker became the center of headlines, speculations,
and eventually a federal investigation concerning her stock trading. Martha Stewart was accused
of insider trading after she sold four thousand ImClone shares one day before that firm’s stock price
plummeted. Although the charges of securities fraud were thrown out, Ms Stewart was found guilty
of four counts of obstruction of justice and lying to investigators. She was sentenced to five months
of prison, five months of house arrest, and two years of probation.


https://harbert.auburn.edu/binaries/documents/center-for-ethical-organizational-cultures/cases/martha-stewart.pdf


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