Thieves and con artist do not reason and think like normal people - they justify everything they do and make every excuse known to man and make up some new ones too - on the way thru life
RA used The marine corp The chamber of commerce His kids Grandkids Charities just to name a few As his excuse and justification for stealing imo sooner or later they all get caught - because they can't stop themselves from the easy money
The whole thing is so sad. I do not understand the motive of a CEO to steal like this? He knew he would be caught no?
I suspect he didn't know that. He's had a pretty long run, after all. And like a great many penny stock con artists, he's probably a sociopath. Thinks he can talk his way out of anything.