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Oracle is paying $46m to the Department of Justice to end an investigation into allegations that Sun Microsystems, now owned by Oracle, bribed resellers. The claim was that Sun paid dealers to recommend Sun hardware and software, in breach of the Anti-Kickback Act. The company was accused of misleading the General Services …

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  1. Pete 2 Silver badge

    Wouldn't it be cheaper

    ... just to bribe the judge on the case?

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    1. Dan Hall
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      That's what this is...

      We've reached the point where we're no longer even pretending like we're holding people accountable for their actions... as long as they can pay. In this particular example, we have a big corporation paying off the government to avoid having employees do jail time. You see the same thing when a Hollywood "star" gets rehab after a drunk-driving hit-and-run, or when Charles Rangel "forgot" to pay taxes.

      Makes one look back on the pillory and public shaming with nostalgia, and the days of jail time for crooks with something like fondness.

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  2. lansalot
    WTF?

    nice !

    End an investigation into bribery with... a bribe ?

    Corporate accountability, anyone ?

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  3. James Hughes 1

    Sun Aquisition...

    Looking more and more dodgy. Somebody didn't get their due diligence right.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Troll

    how is the Sun's kickbacks to dealers....

    ... any different from Oracle's kickback to the DoJ?

    just wandering

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  5. Anonymous Coward
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    Whistle Blower in action...

    Who needs wikileaks when the whistle blower gets a cut of the penalty as a reward.

    I don't know what percentage, but they get a nice severance package thats in to the millions on deals like these.

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    1. Kirbini
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      On the order of 30%

      I think the law in the US allows whistleblowers to claim 30% of reclaimed monies. Nice work if you can get it.

      Paris cause she's certainly familiar with back door deals.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
    FAIL

    Superb

    What's the point in fining Oracle, they should inprison execs or fine those execs responsible out of their own pocket.

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  7. David Gale

    Priority Objectives for the DoJ

    No need for guesses as to which way the wind blows at the DoJ: http://www.tadag.com

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