Criminals on Trial and at Large

Matt Levine deliciously balances his take on financial matters.  One story he tells is of an information security director at the Multi-State Lottery Association who won a $14.3 million jackpot after he allegedly accessed the secure room housing the computer and infected the random number generator with software that allowed him to control the number generated. He goes on trial next week.

For your edification, Mr. Tipton changed the settings of the cameras so that they only filmed one second of every minute, so he had 59 seconds to break in, insert his thumb drive and watch the progress bar crawl across the screen as the klaxons rang in the distance.

image015Mr. Levine also notes that Jesse Drucker went to Switzerland to visit with 21 financial advisors who remain under US indictment and are at large.  He reports they have adapted well to fugitive life.

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