From: "Geo" 

He's not right. There was a company  Gooey Industries, in cleveland who
took 30 million from investors for an idea that was obviously a scam. No
law suit was ever brought because it's difficult to prove intent.

How much money was lost when the internet bubble burst?

Geo.

"Mark"  wrote in message
news:44766fa1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Gary B. is right, despite the media hoopla (well deserved for the perps in
> this case) the fact remains that only a dozen or so executives/companies
> were charged/prosecuted for engaging in fraud out of countless thousands.
>
> The impression left though, because of that hoopla, was that all of
> corporate America are crooks, which is obviously a crock, but the
impression
> plays good on the evening news...
>

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