Thoughts about John Yeh and Viable; Justice has been served!

Justice has been served.

The Department of Justice was not "biased" for targeting deaf/foreign-owned companies like Viable as said by some commentators. DOJ has gone after large corporations such as Enron and Madoff's Ponzi Scheme.

Nine years in federal prison does not mean he will serve all nine years. All federal criminals have what is called "truth-in sentencing" where they must serve 85% of their sentence. John Yeh may be transported to a half-way home or house arrest at some point (see Martha Stewart).

Court records have shown that all of the calls from Viable were roughly 67% fraudulent and that John Yeh was directly responsible for pocketing 29+ million dollars. In his recent vlog provided by his brother, he admitted guilt based on being "misguided." I am not convinced. Mr. Yeh was a smart man who was able to start his own company and become very successful business-wise. I see nothing that shows how he would have been misguided. I think he knew very well what the risks were and gambled. He lost.

More importantly, the deaf community lost morale. A lot of the ex-employees lost money, and a lot of other VRS companies are hurt by this Viable fiasco.

Justice has been served, but in the long-run, we all lost.