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Title: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: Kweepa on Sat 10/12/2005 20:33:26
"The co-founder of children's publisher Humongous Entertainment has been convicted of defrauding the Asia Europe Americas Bank of Seattle of more than $1.5 million, and sentenced to federal prison for 30 months."

http://www.gamedeveloper.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7407

This is Ron Gilbert's ex-wife!
I don't see any mention of this on grumpygamer...
Title: Re: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: Redwall on Sat 10/12/2005 21:43:28
She was also producer on various LucasArts adventures.

The article quoted in the Game Developer post (http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/224287). (Thanks Idle Thumbs!)
Title: Re: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: RocketGirl on Sun 11/12/2005 21:06:48
Mercer Island. She was gonna buy a 3 million dollar house on Mercer Island? That's a rather short bus ride away for me. Heh. Could egg the living @#$% out of it if she'd actually gotten it...  ;D
Title: Re: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: DGMacphee on Mon 12/12/2005 00:44:36
Or you could just not egg the living andhashdollarpercent out of it and stay law-abiding while she goes to jail.
Title: Re: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: edmundito on Tue 13/12/2005 02:34:33
Is it really his ex-wife? Is this why they conveniently left LucasArts together and conveniently started a company?

Why would he say anything in his site? that's personal business.
Title: Re: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: on Tue 13/12/2005 21:48:36
Well that was silly! Quite shocking, too :o

Ron, on the D-Lo, is probably fuming! :P
Title: Re: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: magintz on Wed 14/12/2005 23:24:37
Yea, and she would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those meddeling kids!
Title: Re: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: modgeulator on Thu 15/12/2005 12:16:47
Quote from: RocketGirl on Sun 11/12/2005 21:06:48
Mercer Island. She was gonna buy a 3 million dollar house on Mercer Island? That's a rather short bus ride away for me. Heh. Could egg the living @#$% out of it if she'd actually gotten it...Ã,  ;D

??? I don't understand why you would want to do that?
Title: Re: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: MrColossal on Thu 15/12/2005 15:21:20
It's ok everyone! I ran some tests on that post and the moderators met for an emergency meeting at the secret volcano base and we've come to the conclusion that RocketGirl was joking.

I know, crazy as it seems someone was making a joke on the internet, what will the kids think of next!
Title: Re: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: RocketGirl on Thu 15/12/2005 18:12:58
Quote from: DGMacphee on Mon 12/12/2005 00:44:36
Or you could just not egg the living andhashdollarpercent out of it and stay law-abiding while she goes to jail.

Where's the fun in that?  ;D
Title: Re: Humongous Co-founder Jailed For Fraud
Post by: DGMacphee on Fri 16/12/2005 02:14:04
Quote from: MrColossal on Thu 15/12/2005 15:21:20
It's ok everyone! I ran some tests on that post and the moderators met for an emergency meeting at the secret volcano base and we've come to the conclusion that RocketGirl was joking.

The same thing happened to the Superfriends when the Riddler sent them one of his dastardly riddles.

"Ho, ho, ho, " laughed Batman, "Obviously a joke, just like the kind you get out of Christmas crackers."

Next thing you know, Gothom's First National Bank was cleaned dry. The Legion of Doom later bought an island in the Bahamas where they received daily hot oil rubdowns from the Swedish bikini team.

Also... "Solomon Grundy drink coconut juice."

Quote from: RocketGirl on Thu 15/12/2005 18:12:58
Quote from: DGMacphee on Mon 12/12/2005 00:44:36
Or you could just not egg the living andhashdollarpercent out of it and stay law-abiding while she goes to jail.

Where's the fun in that? ;D

You make a convincing argument.