[Capriole]

This is hilarious. In the business world you're supposed to exercise due diligence--or as it's often put, "do a due diligence"--to make sure any business situation you're getting into is sound and is what it appears to be. These guys at Simon and Schuster were simply so crazed with greed that they didn't even check to see who they were handing half a million bucks to. Amazing. They deserve to be screwed out of their money for trying to make money from crime.

[Liz]

These guys at Simon and Schuster were simply so crazed with greed that they didn't even check to see who they were handing half a million bucks to.

Yup. As I noted above, I think their accounting practices might prove interesting.