Chapter 589: Chapter 275 Sentencing_2
“Your Honor, we have evidence to accuse Blue Company of malicious competition against Pike Company, and hiring murderers. The incident began on March 27, when the former owner of Pike Company offended Blue Company due to market competition. Members of Blue Company’s board of directors harbored resentment and attempted to strike at Pike Company’s factory using unfair means, causing severe losses. At 4 a.m., a fire broke out in the suburban site, leading to the tragic deaths of 12 innocent employees.” The plaintiff’s attorney immediately made this statement.
He continued: “As Pike Company previously lacked sufficient evidence to prove the malicious competition by Blue Company, under public opinion pressure and accusations from the victims’ families, it had no choice but to reluctantly pay compensation to the families of the deceased employees, amounting to 7.6 million US Dollars per household, and also paid a fine and a bond of 3 million US Dollars to continue operations, totaling 94.2 million US Dollars.”
“Now, Pike Company’s board of directors has obtained a complete chain of evidence and found the tools and personnel who committed the crime. It can be proven that Blue Company hired the homeless Maji Gang through street channels, who then used truck driver Kidd to transport White Phosphorus to the factory’s waste materials, causing the fire. Our side accuses Blue Company of malicious competition, murder-for-hire, bribing judges, contempt of law, and attempting to escape legal sanctions! Our lawsuit statement is finished, thank you, Your Honor.” The plaintiff’s attorney finished speaking and sat down.
The judge nodded in satisfaction.
Then, with a stern face, he looked at the defendant’s Blue Company owner and board members, “Now, please, make your statement, defendants. Do you have any doubts about the accusations made by the plaintiff? If so, present your evidence immediately for defense; if not, I shall rule that Blue Company is guilty of malicious competition, hiring murderers, bribing judges, and other charges. Blue Company needs to compensate Pike Company for the property loss and pay 94.2 million US Dollars as well as repay the bank debt of 20.6 million US Dollars. The maximum sentence is 300 years imprisonment.”
Upon hearing this, the hands of Blue Company’s owner trembled.
The defense attorney, seeing the evidence, hurriedly said: “Your Honor, we have doubts regarding the murder-for-hire. We acknowledge our company’s selective competition mistakes, but never anticipated it would lead to death; this was an accidental event!”
“You think you did not actively seek to hire murderers? It was an accidental incident?” the judge asked.
“Exactly,” the Blue Company’s legal team said with gritted teeth.
“Your Honor, I object.”
Maji actively raised his hand to stand up, accusing Blue Company’s board of directors, exclaiming: “They paid us Sixty Thousand Dollars to carry out malicious competition against Pike Company, knowing full well that staff were present, yet still insisted on having us transport lethal amounts of flammable and explosive materials into the sorting area, which led to a chemical reaction with electronic waste, causing explosions and fires. Such actions are clearly deliberate, showing contempt for human life. I confess here! And admit my wrongdoing.”
“These things were indeed done by us, and we indeed were headed to destroy facilities and kill people, but the real instigators are Blue Company’s board and the company owner! We were just paid to do a job, I am willing to take legal responsibility and punishment, but I also hope to see the demons of Blue Company brought to justice!”
A group of people successively admitted their wrongful actions. We are guilty of malicious competition, and indeed, we accepted money to kill.
“I was used by them. But I also confess, and am ready to bear the consequences,” said the truck driver.
Blue Company’s owner turned pale.
Damn it! How does confessing here benefit you? If I go in, won’t you also have to?
The judge knocked on the desk and nodded: “The perpetrators and defendants have voluntarily admitted their wrongdoings, and have chosen to plead guilty to the crimes of murder-for-hire and malicious competition, the evidence is conclusive, hence I declare the charges proven! Furthermore, before I came to work, employees of Blue Company even tried to bribe me with five hundred thousand dollars and a downtown apartment, such actions are a blatant contempt of law!! Lawless!!”
“I hereby sentence Blue Company’s board of directors and senior executives as guilty, handing down a sentence of 300 years imprisonment, with corporate participants at senior levels receiving 180 years imprisonment, bail set at 6 to 17 million US Dollars per person. And they must compensate Pike Company 94.2 million US Dollars, and pay off the bank debt of 20.6 million US Dollars on behalf of Pike, as well as an additional 400 thousand US Dollars per victim’s family for mental anguish, 200 thousand US Dollars per Pike Company board member and senior executive for mental anguish fees, facility damages of 5 million US Dollars, a market fine of 15 million US Dollars as a bond, the company is forbidden from listing on the stock market and participating in any regular commercial transactions for two years. If there are doubts, after paying compensation and consoling the victims’ families, an appeal may be made.”
“The perpetrator Maji and truck driver Kidd, having voluntarily admitted their errors, the former is sentenced to 40 years imprisonment, with a bail of One Million US Dollars. The latter, suspected of withholding information and thus responsible, is not subjected to criminal judgement, but will be detained for 7 days, with a personal fine of 50 thousand US Dollars.”
The judge immediately handed Blue Company a death sentence, forbidding it from participating in market operations for two years, and they must also pay at least 150 million US Dollars in fines and bonds, personal sentences of 300 years, and a minimum bail of 6 million and a maximum of 17 million, not to mention they might not be able to come out at all.
Directly causing them a heavy financial blow.
Finish! Completely dead!
After this battle, any smart person would think, for sure, the shareholders would be rattled and want to pack up and run away.