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Yes, this seems to be common practice.

1. Borrow lots of cash

2. Buy a victim company with the cash

3. Carry out weird financial/legal alchemy to make the victim company solely responsible for paying off the loan

4. If the victim company can’t handle the debt and goes bankrupt, then you don’t own the company any more. That’s sad. Especially for the people who lose their jobs. But the people you borrowed the cash from can’t chase you for it, so no harm done, eh?

5. If the victim company pays off all the debt, then congratulations: you bought a successful profitable company for free!

I don’t understand step 3 or why it’s legal.



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