Quote from: ElGrandJefe on August 09, 2015, 12:33:01 PM

That transcript will certainly make for interesting reading. It should become available to the public in about 3 months, shouldn't it?

The only thing that puzzles me, given all the BFL cheerleading and lying that Zerlan did on various forums - especially BFL's now-defunct forum, but this one as well - is why on earth he is merely a witness and not a defendant. Surely a CIO/COO of Zerlan's quality was offered a small share of the company in exchange for his services and (allegedly) low base pay, wasn't he?

Frankly, there are far too many indications that Josh was a founder of BFL.

Looking over alot of different pieces of information about his time with BFL (some of it blindingly highlighted by BRUNO) indicated that he was likely present at BFL in a higher capacity than simply an employee. It seems he was entagled with the founders of BFL before they even seemingly signed the paperwork to be a company.

No one, I mean literally, no one....can deny that the man did more than enough in the way of antics to be fired like any regular employee.
Yet, year after year, he was always a part of the team at BFL. Even stating openly that BFL both encouraged his behavior as it helped their sales. BFL knew everything about what Josh was doing. That is for certain. (not even a matter of speculation)

Instead, from the many things that have come to light it seems that Josh is more than simply someone who had a 50k employment and a deal to get some production hardware before even his own customers.

The guy couldn't be fired. The only times I ever saw him panic about his job was when I brought up the idea that he was costing his company money through his interactions online.

And in light of what I now believe, that he was indeed a founder of BFL, he was probably only sweating bullets because he would have to be the one liable for any antics that bit him in the ass financially.

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(speculation)
If I assume too much, I believe that Josh had a significant ownership in BFL, probably a deal that is off the books.
How else would you explain that the guy could basically do anything to his customers (however vile it was) and still retain "his employment".

What I really want to know from insiders is what went on behind the scenes during his employment at BFL and if he really was even treated as merely an employee.

Every indication was seemingly that he was one of the heads at BFL, regardless of his official title.

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Leaving aside Sonny and the funds lifted from unknown sources...who else could put forth significant capital to start BFL's investigations into ASIC manufacturing? (Well, I mean besides all the crowd funding after the evaluation of their ASIC design).