Keppel’s Attorney Considers Sentence “Good, Reasoned Compromise”
2/6/2003 -- Attorney Michelle Burrows, who represented Robert Keppel during the braindumper’s court case, told CertCities.com that she considered his final sentencing “a good, reasoned compromise by the judge.” (Click here to read the story.”)
The lawyer who works for Portland, Ore.-based Kolher and Burrows P.C., said her client ended up getting “close to our sought after prison sentence,” which she said had been six to eight months of custody. Keppel ended up receiving one year and a day in prison, as well as a $500,000 fine. The prosecution was seeking a longer prison term and $1.9 million minimum in restitution.
Burrows says her client will end up serving less time, “approximately 20 -25% or whatever alternative arrangement [the] Bureau of Prisons may have for him.”
Burrows says the fine was slightly higher than she “would have liked.” Her recommendation had been $200,000, which would have been covered by the value of assets already seized from the defendant. “The government indicated that they would accept $800,000 as a ‘fair’ figure despite a complete absence of evidence. The Judge imposed $500,000 with a credit of $200,000 for the seized assets with a net owing of $300,000.” She makes no conjecture about prospects for appeal, calling it “anyone’s guess.”
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| 2/6/03: Phil T says: |
Mr. Anonymous - your comments are moronic, inflamatory, unproductive and completely innappropriate in this forum. |
| 2/6/03: The Braindump Kid from Glendale, CA says: |
What's a matter with paper certs? I've got dozens of 'em! Actual skills are unimportant, there's always somebody in the office who knows how to do stuff... |
| 2/6/03: A2 says: |
You're right, there's nothing wrong with paper certs -- they do represent some tangible accomplishment. But that's not the point. There's a business ethics issue here. As far as I'm concerned, people who want to thumb their nose at Microsoft and others like this rank right up there with those that selfishly want to keep souvenirs of the Columbia or sell them on eBay despite the tragic loss to families, coworkers, and the nation at large. It shows a total lack of respect. |
| 2/6/03: Phil T. Hater from Glendale, CA says: |
Hey Phil, don't tell people their comments are moronic...who the hell are you to pass judgement on others thoughts-comments. Also unless you are the moderator of this forum then you do not set the rules for what is and is not appropriate for this forum. Maybe you should find a nice communist country that you could feel at home in. |
| 2/7/03: Voice of Reason says: |
I agree with Phil T. Although I appreciate that Phil T. Hater has a different view, I fail to see that Anonymous added anything of value to this discussion. Keppel went to jail because he broke the law. The days of 'anything goes' on the internet are over. Further, contrary to Anonymous, anyone can obtain a cert by ... studying! No one forced Keppel to start the website - he saw some easy money. No one forces people to use these brain dump sites - they are just to lazy to actually study and learn the material. |
| 2/7/03: no name says: |
It would be nice if the study material that is published by Microsoft covered even half of what is on the tests. When I took some of the tests, I went to some of the brain dump sites to get a true idea of what I realy needed to study to be better prepaired for the exams. I never took there answers for fact until I had researched the question myself. |
| 2/7/03: Anonymous says: |
There is a sale at the market for 3 cans of soup for 99 cents!!! |
| 2/7/03: WG from Pittsburgh, PA says: |
A few years ago a lot of the people in my class used the Braindump for study and I remember there comments on how much easier the exam was because the questions on the dump were alomost word for word from what was on the exam. I never used them and had to pass them without that advantage... of basically cheating. I agree, it is unethical, unfortunately so many things today are. |
| 2/7/03: Bill from St. Pete, Fl says: |
I tend to agree with no name's comments on the braindump sites. When working on my MCSE, I took classes at the local junior college, studied other material, took practice exams and worked in the field. Even then I still checked out some braindump sites before taking the actual tests to get an idea about what questions were really being asked. To each his own. Sure you can memorize answers and get a "paper" cert and that cert may even help you get an interview and perhaps even the job, but in the end you probably won't last long on that job unless you know what your doing and can make a contribution to the success of the company. |
| 2/7/03: Anonymous says: |
For all those braindumpers - keep it up - that way the rest of us will always find solid employment. But I have to agree with noname and say if you want to know what's not on the test, read a Microsoft book. Go figure. |
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