It's hard to defend grantland after they wrote a 2900 word apology, but Dr. V
+ wasn't a doctor
+ claimed her putter worked on "magical" physics but it didn't
+ claimed she was an MIT professor who invented bluetooth and worked on the B2 and had top secret classifications
+ claimed she was a Vanderbilt
+ claimed because she was a Vanderbilt she has special relationships with Hilton
+ claimed her special relationships with Hilton could be used to get access to Hilton golf courses and Hilton customers
And had at least one investor who said he lost $60,000 of his money
I think this amounts to fraud. I think that changes the story from "marvelous putter" to con artists defrauding investors and consumers. I think that when you commit crimes and especially the crime of fraud it becomes very germane what your history is because you may have defrauded other people in the past.
I think no matter who you are if you have a secret you don't want out the best advice is not to commit crimes.
I don't know where in the priority for the local DA or the SEC defrauding an investor of $60,000 is, but it seems to have been ignored by everyone eager to take offense at how this article was written.
+ wasn't a doctor + claimed her putter worked on "magical" physics but it didn't + claimed she was an MIT professor who invented bluetooth and worked on the B2 and had top secret classifications + claimed she was a Vanderbilt + claimed because she was a Vanderbilt she has special relationships with Hilton + claimed her special relationships with Hilton could be used to get access to Hilton golf courses and Hilton customers
And had at least one investor who said he lost $60,000 of his money
I think this amounts to fraud. I think that changes the story from "marvelous putter" to con artists defrauding investors and consumers. I think that when you commit crimes and especially the crime of fraud it becomes very germane what your history is because you may have defrauded other people in the past.
I think no matter who you are if you have a secret you don't want out the best advice is not to commit crimes.
I don't know where in the priority for the local DA or the SEC defrauding an investor of $60,000 is, but it seems to have been ignored by everyone eager to take offense at how this article was written.