Don't forget the ex-Aero employee that was coming in several hours early before regular shift workers to sew up many Aero jackets for some reason without pay. Perhaps it paid off in other ways. Maybe he became an assistant designer somewhere else. Ya reckon..?
One of the largest monetary frauds dealt with by the Sherrif Court system, they could have gone up to 3 years on the charges I believe.
I wonder if there is also a fine or some kind of financial penalty?
Still, I want to dedicate this to #convicted_criminal_Will_Lauder_of_Alexander_Leathers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsS0cvTxU-8
Amen!
The famous "Highwayman" is, openly said on the webpage, the copy of a jacket from the then famous, now evenly defunct company "Highwayman".
Yeah.
After all, 2 years for stealing almost 200K doesn't seem so long.
I'm sure he couldn't have earned 200K in two years, so really, he's made a profit.
Still, I want to dedicate this to #convicted_criminal_Will_Lauder_of_Alexander_Leathers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsS0cvTxU-8
I would not order from AL. The way I see it, they don't deserve any profit from stolen patterns.
I am quite sure that Calders aren't particularly happy about WL being sentenced to prison time...
Whilst what was done was definitely not right. The punishment is fair, but I take no joy from it. I wonder if so many people are acting upset mostly because he wronged the Cult Of Aero.
I can compare the pattern stealing to an experience of my own. A competitor blatantly took casts of my products to create their versions and then even more cheekily stole the images off my website to promote their copies. Thus saving thousands of dollars and months of work. Not a single person batted an eye lid.
Big J, you miss my point. Industrial espionage is a fact of business and is only to be expected. It is bad, yes, but only the hopelessly innocent would be surprised by it. I waste less energy being upset when it has a direct impact on my livelihood than you seem to waste being upset when a business several thousand miles away from you has problems.