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		iwwr on Feb 9, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UBS Whistleblower Finds Himself in Federal Prison When the upside is you get $100M and the downside may be having to quit your job?

kenjackson on Feb 9, 2011 [–]

The downside is prison or maybe your life. You start taking millions from influential people, and my job is the last thing I'm worried about.

iwwr on Feb 9, 2011 | [–]

In hindsight, it was not worth it, but he didn't know that.

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