> > Choi sent forged wire transfer confirmations in order to induce WrkRiot employees to continue working for the company without being paid.

> I don't get it. How long can you fool anyone with this? A couple of days at most?

I have (briefly) worked with a few people like this in the past. There is no clever long-term plan to it, they are persistent "excuse makers". If a problem, like employees complaining about not being paid, comes up, they will find the quickest way to solve it for today by making up a new excuse.

And in their mind, they aren't even doing anything wrong - they honestly believe that the big sale or investment round will definitely close any day now, and they are just "motivating" the team to get through a slump.