A lesson for Desi's

I was thinking about Sanjay Kumar the ex-CEO of Computer Associates who was sentenced today for 12 years in prison for corporate fraud. Originally from Sri Lanka, a neighbor of India with similar culture, he moved up the corporate ladder rapidly and became the CEO of Computer Associates at a very young age. He was a shining example of how one with an Asian background, can rise all the way up in an American company. However, I feel that his cultural background was the reason for his undoing. In India and Sri Lanka, he could have gotten away with his shenanigans with corporate accounts and reports. Even if caught, he would have survived without going to jail, as it takes years for anything to happen with the judicial system of those countries. In USA things are quite different. The justice here is swift, and lying to legal authorities is the biggest mistake one can make (Martha Stewart and Gordon Libby will attest to that!) I wonder how many ‘desi’s (people of Indian origin) here realize this.