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He called his submarine indestructible. Days before the dive, Stockton Rush told his crew he'd reach the Titanic "even if it kills me." On June 18, 2023, it imploded — killing him and four others. 🧵

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He'd refused certification, ignored a warning that the hull would fail, and dived far past its rated depth. In 2025 the Coast Guard ruled the deaths preventable and Rush negligent. 🖤 https://t.co/6zrXn04FUd

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He called his submarine indestructible. Days before the dive, Stockton Rush told his crew he'd reach the Titanic "even if it kills me." On June 18, 2023, it imploded — killing him and four others. 🧵

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Sentence: life, no parole for at least 28 years. He killed a journalist to bury a story — and made it unforgettable.

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Under German's fingernails: Telles's DNA. He took the stand, claimed a conspiracy framed him. The jury convicted him of first-degree murder.

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Cameras caught a figure in a straw hat + orange shirt, climbing from a maroon SUV. The same SUV sat at the Telles home. A cut-up hat + sliced sneaker were under his couch.

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Weeks later Telles lost his re-election. On Labor Day weekend 2022, German was found stabbed to death outside his own home — in broad daylight.

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Reporter Jeff German, 69, had covered Vegas for 40+ years — even the mob. In 2022 he exposed a hostile workplace inside Telles's office, and an affair with a staffer.

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He ran the Las Vegas office that managed the estates of the dead. Then he was convicted of making one. The Robert Telles case 🧵

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The jury took under two hours: guilty of second-degree murder. On Dec 2, 2024, Sarah Boone was sentenced to life. Murder, or a survivor who broke? Reply with your verdict. 🖤 https://t.co/AjMrHkt9fp
Based on public court records (Orange County, FL). Sarah Boone was convicted of second-degree murder (Oct 2024) and sentenced to life (Dec 2024).

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In 2020, Jorge Torres Jr. climbed into a suitcase during a late-night game. He never got out. And his girlfriend filmed it. 🧵

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Her defense: battered-spouse syndrome, with a real two-way history of DV arrests. She rejected a 15-year plea, burned through 13 lawyers, and testified in her own defense.

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⚖️ Based on public U.S. federal court records (SDNY). Do Kwon pleaded guilty and was sentenced (Dec 2025). A trading firm referenced was not criminally charged.

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He said his money could NEVER break �� math, not banks. 72 hours later, $40B was gone. And Do Kwon already knew the math was a lie. 🧵

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He fled, was caught at an airport on a forged passport, and in Dec 2025 a NY judge gave him 15 years — “You chose the path of fraud.” He still faces decades more in Korea.
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The reckoning: Tim Leissner pleaded guilty (2018, sentenced 2025). Roger Ng was convicted by a jury (2022) and got 10 years. In 2020 Goldman's Malaysia unit pleaded guilty — its first-ever criminal plea — and paid $2.9B+, the largest FCPA penalty ever.
#1MDB #GoldmanSachs #truecrime #FCPA

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Wall Street's most prestigious bank pleaded GUILTY.
$6.5B raised. $4.5B vanished. $2.9B penalty.
The 1MDB story 🧵

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Court records show $1B+ in bribes paid to officials in Malaysia & Abu Dhabi to win the deals. Prosecutors say $4.5B was looted — funding a superyacht, a $51M painting, even the film The Wolf of Wall Street.