Why would the investor call the cops on the guy who alerted them to the missing funds?
Was there a reason for him to have been suspicious, or was it more of a "Something's wrong! Start shooting! Oh there's a messenger, shoot him!" sort of response?
I heard it from the guy who had the cops called on him.
The investor didn't direct the cop to anyone at particular, but to the "company." There was only one person at the office that they could get ahold of.
I am fuzzy on the details. I don't know if the arrest happens right then and he was let go the next morning, or in an hour.
He was very stressed at the cop's presence. He didn't know till later that everything was okay.
Wow, so they go to the company premises, and it's the cops that say "arrest everyone and sort it out later".
Must have been a uniquely unpleasant day for your acquaintance.
And yeah, absconding for a mere $60K is just stupid. It's not going to get you very far, except in jail. $6 or $60 million might make some sense, otoh ... (but that's for discussion under the other item on HN "everyone has his price" )
I wonder if financial crimes are more common there and the cops are trained to get everyone out of the office so they can seize and copy the records off the computers or something.
Was there a reason for him to have been suspicious, or was it more of a "Something's wrong! Start shooting! Oh there's a messenger, shoot him!" sort of response?