Well, the plea is in. Guardala has plead guilty to 1 count of fraud with the condition of no more than 57 months in prison and repaying 1.1 million dollars to victims. Sounds good at first look when it sounds like a guilty plea and money for victims is coming. It sounds really good!
But what does it really mean??
If Dave Guardala does not have an account off shore with lots of money in it, then this is Dave being the evil piece of crap he has been for the last 5 years and possibly the last lifetime. Does Dave have any money? The answer so far has been NO! Does the same Dave Guardala that maliciously ripped so many people off, stealing from friends, family and business acquaintances with no regard or respect for any of the people that helped make him the success he was change in jail over the past 2 months????
I think not. I think Guardala is playing the game and has no intention of ever paying anyone back. I think he is still a piece of garbage and needs to spend the next 20 years in jail unless he can transfer moneys into a federal account prior to his sentencing.
How many mouthpieces need to be sold to net 1.1 million dollars? Does anyone have any idea? If the profit on each mouthpiece was 400 dollars, it would take 2,750 mouthpieces to pay everyone back. This coming from a man that proved this was unacceptable to him and he needed to start stealing from his friends to live high and mighty.
This makes no sense to me whatsoever. If Dave Guardala has money, he needs to make it available to the court as part of getting this reduced sentence. If Dave Guardala is screwing us all again, and now laughing at the American legal system by simply saying, "Hey, I'll pay them back" with no intention of ever doing so - Dave needs to sit in jail for the next 20 years making mouthpieces until he has paid every person back, then get out of jail.
In civil court; if a person gets a generous sentence of picking up trash on the side of the freeway, lets say 200 hours for some stupid thing they did; the work detail has a time limit and if not met, a much harsher jail or prison sentence will follow. i know this because I have seen people go to jail for a year for an illegal U-turn. Judges don't look kindly upon giving a person a break and then watching that person say F You to the court and not comply.
The problem is, with cash reimbursements, there is no scale of compliance. If all Guardala has to do is say he ripped up off, plea guilty to 1 charge, gets off with a very light sentence, and then laughs his way thru the next 20 years of his life sending someone 10 dollars a year - owwww that makes me mad.
OK, so I am told the government can attach his wages - 10% of gross earnings. If Dave walks out of prison and gets a 100,000 dollar a year job, claiming everything as a good citizen in the US, 10,000 dollars a year annually would be garnished by the US and distributed to victims. 10,000 dollars a year would take 110 years to pay 1.1 million dollars. And this from such a high valued, deep charactered individual.
I think this is simple, if the prosecution can only see it as anyone else in the world might. Dave is an evil piece of garbage that should spend the next 40 years in jail unless he has the money. If he is furthering his abuse of both victims and the legal system by lying about his intention to pay or even ability to do so, he should face more bad news. Guardala should not be aloud to play a game and flip all of us off AGAIN.
PLEASE - DO NOT LET HIM OFF UNLESS HE HAS A REASONABLE PLAN TO REPAY OR HAS THE MONEY NOW. AND GET THE MONEY FIRST!
The Auto industry just got there hand slapped. They wanted a bunch of money to bail them out, and even a bunch of dishonest politicians could see it was wrong. They told them to show them the plan. Giving huge concession to an evil group of people is foolish. Show me the plan! They now have to explain what the money would go to and how it would be used with what it is projected to save. These multi million dollar CEOs can all kiss my hindquarters. The plan needs to be fire all but one of them,the guy that is not taking millions from a failing business, running to the tax payer saying 0 HELP HELP!!!!!!
In the same way - Dave Guardala - running to the judge saying HELP HELP needs substance. Why would any legal system listen to an admitted crook when there is no plan! HOW STUPID WOULD THAT BE?
The guy just admits to being a lying sack of trash, and then says hey I'm gonna pay everybody back and plant sunflowers all over America! Bit me Dave......
