Did Whileon Chay run a scam to fund his wife's cryopresevation in 2009?
BTW, I'd like to know the ethnicity of the guy because I don't recognize the provenience of that sort of name, and it may have a nonobvious pronunciation:
References:
Department of Justice: Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Manager Of Commodities Pool For Defrauding Investors Of More Than $5 Million
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/December14/ChayWhileonIndictmentPR.php
And a whole lot of news websites have picked up on this story. Just one example:
Authorities: Man used investor funds to cryogenically freeze wife
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/20/justice/new-york-fraud-charges/
I suspect this describes the wife's cryopreservation:
http://www.alcor.org/Library/pdfs/casereportA2435.pdf
Now, Alcor acted in good faith by putting this woman into cryopreservation and accepting her husband's money for it. I suspect the O Administration won't make a big deal out of it because Chay's case involves a relatively small amount of money as financial malfeasance goes, and it lacks a racial angle to exploit.
I suspect this describes the wife's cryopreservation:
I doubt it. The subject of that document was 46 when she died. Chay's wife was 52, according to news reports.
I suspect the O Administration won't make a big deal out of it because Chay's case involves a relatively small amount of money as financial malfeasance goes, and it lacks a racial angle to exploit.
I'm not as opposed to political discussion on this site as many are, but I do think the original point of EY's "Politics is the Mindkiller" post is worth keeping in mind. Inserting this ...
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