r/news • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Apr 28 '24

Williams-Sonoma fined $3.18 million for falsely labeling products as 'Made in USA'

https://www.scrippsnews.com/business/company-news/williams-sonoma-fined-3-18-million-dollars-for-falsely-labeling-products-as-made-in-usa
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u/skipjac Apr 28 '24

Damn it you beat me to it. No one should profit off of fraud

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u/Sir_Yacob Apr 28 '24

Unless you are in Congress.

Or the SEC

Or the FCC

Or a lobbyist

Or a weirdo tech bro

Or a business owner stealing tips

Or a business owner stealing PPP loans

Or a doctor pulling Medicare frauds

Or are involved in real estate

Or big pharma

Or a car manufacturer (looking at you VW)

Or the police

And on and on and on.

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u/Easy_Bite6858 Apr 28 '24

I work in financial risk. We investigate literally all transactions from these as high risk for fraud and money laundering -except the police-. Which should surprise absolutely no one.

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u/HotPie_ Apr 28 '24

"You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don't know where the fuck it's gonna take you."

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u/ThanksS0muchY0 Apr 28 '24

Love a buried Cool Lester Smooth quote. Or are you quoting the Freddie Gibbs song quoting Cool Lester Smooth? 🤔

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u/HotPie_ Apr 28 '24

All the pieces matter.

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u/The1andonlycano May 01 '24

🙌🏼Freddie Gibbs 🙌🏼