3. TIL Samsung accidentally issued 2,000 employees 1,000 shares of stock for 37 min...

TIL Samsung accidentally issued 2,000 employees 1,000 shares of stock for 37 minutes before realizing the error. 16 employees sold during that time for approx. $9,000,000 each.

9 million dollars in stock. You are pretending like it's 9 million in cold cash in hand.

9 million dollars in stock still needs to be sold -> transferred to the holding account -> transferred to your bank account -> Somehow pull it out of the account (Never going to happen.) -> somehow gain access and board a plane as a fugitive.

It just seems silly to even think about if it's not the sort of money that will ensure the rest of your life is filled with money. 9 million will last maybe 20 years. That's stretching it. And remember, you can't reinvest cause your a fugitive. Anything you stuff into the system you risk never getting back.

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