Gates Gets Fined
 

Gates Gets Fined

REDMOND, Wash ? Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates paid the piper this week after admitting to violating antitrust regulations in the case of two stock purchases, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
Gates has agreed to pay civil penalties totaling $800,000 at the tail end of an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission over charges that he did not notify antitrust officials before purchasing stock in trash hauling company Republic Services in 2001 and impotence drug maker ICOS in 2002. Gates reportedly purchased more than $50 million worth of ICOS stock.

Whenever stock holdings exceed 10 percent, there is a requirement to file an antitrust notification, according to the HSR (Hart-Scott-Rodino) Act.

Federal law requires a notification and waiting period for stock purchases made by certain individuals and companies in excess of $50 million. The maximum penalty is $11,000 for each day in violation.

The transaction was carried out through Gates' private investment fund, Cascade Investment.

The Republic Services stock purchase did not catch the FTC's eye until several months after Gates issued a corrective filing, but then according to reports, he and his investment firm repeated the infraction several months later. At that point the FTC filed charges and went after penalties.

Gates has long argued that the incident was an oversight and that he was unaware of the law requirement to report the stock purchases.



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I bet he is crying himself to sleep over tht one. have to add a couple 00's on the end to make someone that loaded notice.

It won't even leave a mark on his bank accounts!

they just took money out of starving kids mouthes in africa

Bill Gates already made back that $800,000 in the time it took me to type this out... and I type fast :glugglug

i bet he doesnt really give a shit

Pocket change for Gates, he will go look under his couch matts and find 800 mill :1orglaugh

I got a parking ticket yesterday ....:feels-hot

have you guys seen Chris Rock's latest stand up?

"i'm not talking about rich i'm talking about wealth.. if bill gates woke up with oprah's money he'd slit his fucking throat"

i'm sure the "penalty" did nothing to phase him in the slightest.

:1orglaugh

Gates shits thousand dollar bills.. 800k ain't shit, thats just a bottle of exlax.. :winkwink:

Now he can only donate 1.9 billion dollars this year:1orglaugh

i wish i had his problem :(