The shady-sounding plot was described by the government during a criminal trial earlier this year in San Jose federal court. Kail was found guilty of more than two dozen fraud and money laundering counts. At his sentencing Oct. 19, prosecutors will ask that he get a stiff punishment of seven years in prison as well as be ordered to pay fines, restitution, and forfeit a $3.3 million home in Los Gatos, California.
That seems pretty stiff. goes to show how while collar crimes are not punished more leniently and how being rich does not shield one from justice, hardly.
He hasn't been sentenced yet. That's just what the prosecution is asking for. The defense is asking for house arrest. The judge might still let him off with a slap on the wrist.
That seems pretty stiff. goes to show how while collar crimes are not punished more leniently and how being rich does not shield one from justice, hardly.