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cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 4 days ago

Employee arrested after CEO found dead inside burning building near Chicago

www.independent.co.uk

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Employee arrested after CEO found dead inside burning building near Chicago

www.independent.co.uk

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    Not the kind of CEO we want, baity headline

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      Quote the important part to save others a click.

      Dane Koteski, 46, the CEO and president of a Crestwood trucking company, was found dead on the second floor of his business, ATG Truckload, Inc, on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

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      Also this is a two month old story.

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      this article here - https://abc7chicago.com/post/crestwood-murder-court-records-reveal-josif-sucleas-alleged-back-pay-plot-atg-truckload-ceo-dane-koteski/16040397/ - lists the reason was that his employees were being stiffed of their back-pay

      Koteski had recently told Suclea that ATG Truckload “was going bankrupt.” Even though Koteski “owed a substantial amount of money to Suclea,” Koteski “was unable to pay him.”

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        Justifiable

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        That’s what a lawsuit is for, not a killing. I’m all for whipping out the guillotine, but it’s gotta be for something substantial.

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          Wage theft is the most common and least enforced property crime in America.

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            I doubt you have a statistic to back that up.

            Regardless, this person didn’t kill them for the greater good, or to make a political and social statement. They killed them out of anger, and it did nothing for the greater good. This guy is not Luigi. He’s just a killer.

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              Not the OP, but this fact is widely attested. The statistic is right on the Wikipedia page for wage theft. In 2012, the FBI estimated it to be more than $19 billion in total. The next-highest category of property crime was larceny, at $4.3 billion.

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                Fair enough. Still, the “CEO” of a small trucking company shouldn’t be killed for wage theft. Cut his hand off.

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          it was substantial to the employees whose work was going unpaid. And it’s all too easy for companies to rebrand with a different name and ditch their obligations. VPNSecure was just called out doing exactly that.

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            One could say a dollar is substantial. There are very easy ways to correct the issue without killing people.

            But, if you fuck with people you find out, right?

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      Speak for yourself, lib.

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        Yes, we all know you want everyone more fortunate than you to die.

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