She got rich, had problems, sold pills and now NYC is putting her in prison

[Robert A Whit]

Another example of government control over so called free humans, cops buying the drugs to trap her and then putting her into prison. Oh well, so long as Taft is happy.

Thirteen years ago, things looked brighter for Jennifer Sultan.
Then, Sultan was a recent New York University (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/nyu) graduate who sold a tech startup, Live Online, for $70 million. That summer she rented a summer house in the Hamptons and purchased a penthouse in Manhattan's Union Square.
Unfortunately, gaining so much wealth at the young age of 25 seemed to be a curse. After several failed attempts at a few more tech ventures, Sultan began to dabble in holistic health and eventually, became addicted to pain killers. Last Friday, Sultan, now 38, pled guilty to selling painkillers (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/nyregion/jennifer-sultan-pleads-guilty-to-selling-prescription-drugs.html?_r=0) and for trying to sell a firearm, The New York Times (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/the-new-york-times) reports. She'll be spending four years in prison, which isn't bad considering her sentence was initially five times that.
From NYT:
Early last year, a city narcotics investigator discovered an advertisement Ms. Sultan had placed onCraigslist (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/craigslist) offering prescription painkillers for sale. She and Mr. Cohen were still living in the penthouse loft near Union Square that they bought after the sale of Live Online.
Five times from February through June, she sold pills to an undercover officer, according to her indictment. One sale took place at the Starbucks (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/starbucks) on Union Square. In another, she sold 183 oxycodone tablets to the officer for $4,400 at a Starbucks in the Flatiron district near the school where she was studying acupuncture.
Sultan isn't the only entrepreneur guilty of blowing a fortune. Andrew Fashion made $2.5 million before age 21 and blew it all by 22 on porn and gambling. (http://www.businessinsider.com/how-typical-a-teen-entrepreneur-makes-25mm-by-age-21-and-blows-it-all-by-22-2010-10?op=1)

[logroller]

"...Sultan began to dabble in holistic health and eventually, became addicted to pain killers..."
:lol9:

[taft2012]

...eh, New York City doesn't put people in prisons. Jail, yes. Prison, no.

Felons are tried in New York State Supreme Courts and sent to New York State prisons.

[tailfins]

...eh, New York City doesn't put people in prisons. Jail, yes. Prison, no.

Felons are tried in New York State Supreme Courts and sent to New York State prisons.

Unless you REALLY want to stretch it and say someone could be ARRESTED by a NYC cop and put in a NYS prison.

[Marcus Aurelius]

Another example of government control over so called free humans, cops buying the drugs to trap her and then putting her into prison. Oh well, so long as Taft is happy.

Thirteen years ago, things looked brighter for Jennifer Sultan.
Then, Sultan was a recent New York University (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/nyu) graduate who sold a tech startup, Live Online, for $70 million. That summer she rented a summer house in the Hamptons and purchased a penthouse in Manhattan's Union Square.
Unfortunately, gaining so much wealth at the young age of 25 seemed to be a curse. After several failed attempts at a few more tech ventures, Sultan began to dabble in holistic health and eventually, became addicted to pain killers. Last Friday, Sultan, now 38, pled guilty to selling painkillers (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/nyregion/jennifer-sultan-pleads-guilty-to-selling-prescription-drugs.html?_r=0) and for trying to sell a firearm, The New York Times (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/the-new-york-times) reports. She'll be spending four years in prison, which isn't bad considering her sentence was initially five times that.
From NYT:
Early last year, a city narcotics investigator discovered an advertisement Ms. Sultan had placed onCraigslist (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/craigslist) offering prescription painkillers for sale. She and Mr. Cohen were still living in the penthouse loft near Union Square that they bought after the sale of Live Online.
Five times from February through June, she sold pills to an undercover officer, according to her indictment. One sale took place at the Starbucks (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/starbucks) on Union Square. In another, she sold 183 oxycodone tablets to the officer for $4,400 at a Starbucks in the Flatiron district near the school where she was studying acupuncture.
Sultan isn't the only entrepreneur guilty of blowing a fortune. Andrew Fashion made $2.5 million before age 21 and blew it all by 22 on porn and gambling. (http://www.businessinsider.com/how-typical-a-teen-entrepreneur-makes-25mm-by-age-21-and-blows-it-all-by-22-2010-10?op=1)

She advertised prescription painkillers for sale. How is THAT entrapment? SHE began the process, the police finished it.

She broke the law, and what's worse, was a moron and openly advertised her desire to break the law. She got caught.

[Robert A Whit]

She advertised prescription painkillers for sale. How is THAT entrapment? SHE began the process, the police finished it.

She broke the law, and what's worse, was a moron and openly advertised her desire to break the law. She got caught.

Yeah, you are right.

[taft2012]

Yeah, you are right.

Damn! And you started this thread with such promise. This promised to be the quintessential pothead conservative thread when you started out with:


Another example of government control over so called free humans, cops buying the drugs to trap her and then putting her into prison. Oh well, so long as Taft is happy.