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And then you get guys like Bill McGuire who get caught backdating stock options. His punishment? A $1.6Bn golden parachute of course.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._McGuire#UnitedHea...

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He did not get a golden parachute. He was compensated that amount over time. He grew a company from $400MM in revenues to $70Bn and was rewarded $1.6Bn for it. I fail to see any issue with this.

I mean, he broke the law. I'd consider every dime of his payout to be ill gotten gains.

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