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Value != price. There is a long legal tradition of the difference, and judges tend to not look favorably on such tactics.

Even if the price is less than 250, I don’t think it’s hard to argue that a long-extant social account with many followers is worth far more




"money or thing of value" here seems to refer to the bribe (in cases where the bribe is non-monetary), not the benefit that the briber got from the bribe.

> gives an employee money or any thing of value


I agree with this take, the law is clearly exempting stuff like slipping a small bribe to the maître d' to get a seat at a booked restaurant for instance.


Even still, you could argue for a sub-$5 per-account value based on what the going rate is on the black market for stolen accounts. Some platforms it's in the $1-2 range.


, reach != revenue


Tell me you’re not literate in law without telling me you’re not literate in law.




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