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"""Gee, you mean the Big Cheese at the most MONOPOLISTIC company in all the World, which has been convicted of violation of anti-trust laws by governments on TWO Continents, would file a fraudulent SEC financial report???"""

Where in the article did it say that a fraudulent report was filed. Unless I read it wrong, the fine was for failing to file a report.

So an investment group which he controls but doesn't run, failed to make the required report on time, then informed the SEC themselved that they had failed to do so. That doesn't make anything fraudulent. Stupid maybe, especially after making the same mistake before, but not fraudulent. If I was Gates I think I would consider firing the leadership and getting one who could remember to file reports on time.
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Witch hunt  Enterprise Analyst | 05/03/04
Wasting?  IT_User | 05/03/04
But who cares? This is chump change for Gates.  xbee | 05/03/04
YOU MUST BE KIDDING, RIGHT ???  realitycheck101 | 05/03/04
fraudulent?  richhayes | 05/03/04
Who gives a f....  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/03/04
Yeah, it's not exactly "technology news"  IT_User | 05/03/04
Other reports better on this  AbsolutelyNot | 05/03/04
I agree with you completely!  B.O.F.H. | 05/03/04
Never...  mabricen | 05/03/04
Seems to me you missed the implied sarcasm  AbsolutelyNot | 05/03/04
Break anti-trust laws, break SEC filing laws....  mlindl | 05/03/04
Who gives a F....  mabricen | 05/03/04
... or a rolling donut! (What a non-story)  John Le'Brecage | 05/03/04
...uck? Not Bill Gates, apparently.  buddhistMonkey | 05/04/04
Really BAD editing - the Headline  j.m.galvin | 05/03/04
Sorta  IT_User | 05/03/04
and so?  ryusen | 05/03/04
A crook is a crook is a crook!  jjon2121 | 05/03/04
Whats The FTC Do With Its Money  ParadigmOdyssey | 05/03/04
Nothing to do with Tech!!!!!  mabricen | 05/03/04
FTC: Please donate that money to fix his cruddy OS  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/03/04
Not really an issue.  Rick_K | 05/03/04
Bill Gates and Martha Stewart in the same jail cell  Squawkbox | 05/03/04
but what would the kids look like? (nt)  eLurker | 05/04/04
As my dad says  Arrg | 05/03/04
Where there's smoke...  km4hr@... | 05/04/04
Like paying for an overdue library book  jfrankcarr | 05/04/04

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