Why does BFL's CEO have the same name and is from this same HUGE city as a convicted fraudster?
I can answer this one at least definitively. This is due to the fact that Sonny Vleisides, an officer at BFL, is in fact the very same convicted thief and has admitted as much publicly...just search. Course BFL in typical BFL fashion did not voluntarily admit this until confronted. Occasionally one BFL mouthpiece or another denies that Sonny is currently their CEO and I believe they claim Nasser is now, but I don't follow this ridiculous drama as closely as I did when I was actually considering an order with them.
There are liars and convicted thieves in positions of authority at butterfly labs. Caveat emptor.
You seem to have posted a strong criticism for "not follow[ing] this ridiculous drama".