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Comment by Jimmc414

"just feeling like it" seems insufficient explanation for dismantling a successful organization rather than transitioning it

they just completed their "pipeline of ideas" with "the last Ponzi cases" - seems like a surprisingly clean and abrupt end for an investigative organization

the team members are "brilliant" and "family to me" but heis disbanding rather than transitioning leadership

He mentions some team members are starting their own research firm but he "will have no personal involvement" That emphasis seems noteworthy

Claims there's "no particular threat" but takes pains to emphasize this multiple times

instead of maintaining the organization and training successors directly, he's planning to release videos and materials about their methods

No mention of the firm's financial position or client relationships

Not buying it, there's a story but it doesnt seem like he wants to tell it

parent Jimmc414 1 year ago

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