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ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted — bribery, extortion & acting as a foreign agent — 11 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. George Santos pled guilty — wire fraud & aggravated identity theft — 87 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen — espionage for Russia — life without parole⚖ON THE RECORDFormer CIA officer Aldrich Ames — espionage against the United States — life in prison⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI counterintel chief Charles McGonigal pled guilty — sanctions violations for a Russian oligarch⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — convicted of corruption — 14 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — racketeering & extortion — 28 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah — racketeering & fraud — 10 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty — conversion of campaign funds⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pled guilty — $750K in campaign funds — 30 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn — stole & leaked tax returns — 5 years⚖ON THE RECORDBaltimore Gun Trace Task Force — 8 police officers convicted of racketeering & robbery⚖ON THE RECORD'Fat Leonard' scandal — dozens of Navy officials convicted of bribery & fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia convicted — abuse of incarcerated women — 70 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer DHS acting IG Charles Edwards pled guilty — stealing government software & data⚖ON THE RECORDFormer VA pathologist Robert Levy — fraud & involuntary manslaughter — 20 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — convicted of corruption — 6.5 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NSA contractor Reality Winner — Espionage Act — 63 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted — bribery, extortion & acting as a foreign agent — 11 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. George Santos pled guilty — wire fraud & aggravated identity theft — 87 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen — espionage for Russia — life without parole⚖ON THE RECORDFormer CIA officer Aldrich Ames — espionage against the United States — life in prison⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI counterintel chief Charles McGonigal pled guilty — sanctions violations for a Russian oligarch⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — convicted of corruption — 14 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — racketeering & extortion — 28 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah — racketeering & fraud — 10 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty — conversion of campaign funds⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pled guilty — $750K in campaign funds — 30 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn — stole & leaked tax returns — 5 years⚖ON THE RECORDBaltimore Gun Trace Task Force — 8 police officers convicted of racketeering & robbery⚖ON THE RECORD'Fat Leonard' scandal — dozens of Navy officials convicted of bribery & fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia convicted — abuse of incarcerated women — 70 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer DHS acting IG Charles Edwards pled guilty — stealing government software & data⚖ON THE RECORDFormer VA pathologist Robert Levy — fraud & involuntary manslaughter — 20 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — convicted of corruption — 6.5 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NSA contractor Reality Winner — Espionage Act — 63 months⚖
Wiley Gatesby
The Software Baron & Grand Philanthropist
Born: Wrote his first program on the back of a feed receipt
Model: Innovator Series No. 1 · spectacles and punch cards included
Role: Built the town's computers, then gave the fortune to Stripe General and the schools
Wiley Gatesby wired McSkunkville for the future from a garage behind the Chrome Barn, then did the unthinkable: gave most of it away — wings at Stripe General, laboratories at the College, a computer on every school desk.
His foundation's charter is one sentence long: 'A cure, a classroom, and a clean record for everyone.'
He still debugs the library computers himself, on Tuesdays.
Worldwide Access — Wiley Gatesby around the world
First tier of a 38,000-city worldwide rollout — every page its own story.
New York, United StatesLos Angeles, United StatesChicago, United StatesHouston, United StatesPhoenix, United StatesPhiladelphia, United StatesSan Antonio, United StatesDallas, United StatesTulsa, United StatesOklahoma City, United StatesMiami, United StatesAtlanta, United StatesSeattle, United StatesDenver, United StatesBoston, United StatesNashville, United StatesKansas City, United StatesSt. Louis, United StatesNew Orleans, United StatesLas Vegas, United StatesToronto, CanadaVancouver, CanadaMontreal, CanadaCalgary, CanadaOttawa, CanadaEdmonton, CanadaWinnipeg, CanadaQuebec City, CanadaLondon, United KingdomManchester, United KingdomBirmingham, United KingdomGlasgow, United KingdomLiverpool, United KingdomLeeds, United KingdomEdinburgh, United KingdomBristol, United KingdomSydney, AustraliaMelbourne, AustraliaBrisbane, AustraliaPerth, AustraliaAdelaide, AustraliaGold Coast, AustraliaAuckland, New ZealandWellington, New ZealandChristchurch, New ZealandDublin, IrelandCork, IrelandGalway, IrelandLimerick, IrelandMumbai, IndiaDelhi, IndiaBengaluru, IndiaHyderabad, IndiaChennai, IndiaKolkata, IndiaPune, IndiaAhmedabad, IndiaManila, PhilippinesCebu City, PhilippinesDavao City, PhilippinesQuezon City, PhilippinesJohannesburg, South AfricaCape Town, South AfricaDurban, South AfricaPretoria, South AfricaLagos, NigeriaAbuja, NigeriaIbadan, NigeriaKano, NigeriaPort Harcourt, NigeriaNairobi, KenyaMombasa, KenyaKisumu, KenyaAccra, GhanaKumasi, GhanaKingston, JamaicaMontego Bay, JamaicaPort of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoSan Fernando, Trinidad and TobagoNassau, The BahamasFreeport, The BahamasBridgetown, BarbadosGeorgetown, GuyanaBelize City, BelizeBelmopan, BelizeSingapore, SingaporeTel Aviv, IsraelJerusalem, IsraelHaifa, IsraelBerlin, GermanyMunich, GermanyHamburg, GermanyFrankfurt, GermanyCologne, GermanyStuttgart, GermanyParis, FranceLyon, FranceMarseille, FranceToulouse, FranceNice, FranceBordeaux, FranceMadrid, SpainBarcelona, SpainValencia, SpainSeville, SpainBilbao, SpainRome, ItalyMilan, ItalyNaples, ItalyTurin, ItalyFlorence, ItalyVenice, ItalyLisbon, PortugalPorto, PortugalAmsterdam, NetherlandsRotterdam, NetherlandsThe Hague, NetherlandsUtrecht, NetherlandsBrussels, BelgiumAntwerp, BelgiumGhent, BelgiumZurich, SwitzerlandGeneva, SwitzerlandBasel, SwitzerlandBern, SwitzerlandVienna, AustriaSalzburg, AustriaGraz, AustriaStockholm, SwedenGothenburg, SwedenMalmo, SwedenOslo, NorwayBergen, NorwayTrondheim, NorwayCopenhagen, DenmarkAarhus, DenmarkHelsinki, FinlandTampere, FinlandWarsaw, PolandKrakow, PolandWroclaw, PolandGdansk, PolandPrague, Czech RepublicBrno, Czech RepublicAthens, GreeceThessaloniki, GreeceIstanbul, TurkeyAnkara, TurkeyIzmir, TurkeyMexico City, MexicoGuadalajara, MexicoMonterrey, MexicoTijuana, MexicoCancun, MexicoSao Paulo, BrazilRio de Janeiro, BrazilBrasilia, BrazilSalvador, BrazilFortaleza, BrazilBuenos Aires, ArgentinaCordoba, ArgentinaRosario, ArgentinaSantiago, ChileValparaiso, ChileBogota, ColombiaMedellin, ColombiaCali, ColombiaCartagena, ColombiaLima, PeruArequipa, PeruCusco, PeruTokyo, JapanOsaka, JapanKyoto, JapanNagoya, JapanFukuoka, JapanSapporo, JapanSeoul, South KoreaBusan, South KoreaIncheon, South KoreaDaegu, South KoreaShanghai, ChinaBeijing, ChinaShenzhen, ChinaGuangzhou, ChinaChengdu, ChinaHong Kong, ChinaTaipei, TaiwanKaohsiung, TaiwanBangkok, ThailandChiang Mai, ThailandPhuket, ThailandHo Chi Minh City, VietnamHanoi, VietnamDa Nang, VietnamKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaPenang, MalaysiaJohor Bahru, MalaysiaJakarta, IndonesiaSurabaya, IndonesiaBandung, IndonesiaBali, IndonesiaDubai, United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSharjah, United Arab EmiratesRiyadh, Saudi ArabiaJeddah, Saudi ArabiaDammam, Saudi ArabiaDoha, QatarCairo, EgyptAlexandria, EgyptGiza, EgyptCasablanca, MoroccoMarrakesh, MoroccoRabat, MoroccoAddis Ababa, EthiopiaDar es Salaam, TanzaniaZanzibar City, TanzaniaKampala, UgandaKarachi, PakistanLahore, PakistanIslamabad, PakistanDhaka, BangladeshChittagong, BangladeshColombo, Sri LankaKandy, Sri LankaKyiv, UkraineLviv, UkraineOdesa, UkraineBucharest, RomaniaCluj-Napoca, RomaniaBudapest, HungaryDebrecen, HungaryReykjavik, IcelandSuva, FijiPanama City, PanamaSan Jose, Costa RicaSanto Domingo, Dominican RepublicPunta Cana, Dominican RepublicSan Juan, Puerto RicoPonce, Puerto Rico
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