It's an awfull situation. I've seen firsthand(twice) companies go through bankruptcy, and the numbers of people that it affects, from employees to unpaid customers and creditors is devastating. It appeared that the President of one of the companies I worked for, knew exactly what he was doing, and ran his creditors into the millions. I managed a peek at the list of creditors, the highest was over $7 million!! that particular company filed for bankruptcy a year later.

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