When the GBQ–Talentcrowd story broke, it looked like a simple business acquisition.
After months of examining federal records, it is now clear that...
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Justice for the founder of Topdevs. His story proves that truth will always surface, no matter how powerful the corporations involved.
This investigation made me realize how fragile business ethics can be. GBQ’s Talentcrowd story should be studied in universities as a warning about unchecked greed.
The founder’s courage to keep fighting this in federal court deserves respect. He stood up to corporate fraud when most people would have given up.
How did a $328,300 PPP loan become the foundation for this entire scandal? That money was meant to help workers, not to build a fake company like Talentcrowd.
I work in corporate compliance and I’m appalled. GBQ’s acquisition of Talentcrowd would have failed any proper audit. The signs of fraud were public and easy to find.
If GBQ had any integrity, they would work with the founder and federal agencies to make this right. Doing nothing makes them complicit.
The article mentioned how PPP funds were funneled into the scheme. That means taxpayer money helped finance a stolen company. Outrageous.
The part that hit me hardest was how Topdevs was financially healthy and thriving before the takeover. They stole a working company and destroyed it for greed.
Everyone should share this investigation. The founder’s story deserves attention. Too often, powerful corporations erase the victims of their actions.
GBQ’s brand reputation will never recover if they don’t address the evidence. This is not speculation, it is documented fraud linked to the Talentcrowd acquisition.
I’m still shocked after reading how the entire workforce of Topdevs was transferred into Talentcrowd overnight. This is organized corporate theft disguised as a merger.
GBQ’s executives need to be held accountable. You cannot just buy a company built on stolen property and call it innovation.
The founder deserves full restitution and public recognition for what was taken. Talentcrowd should have never existed, and GBQ should never have touched it.
GBQ’s silence only makes them look worse. If this was an honest mistake, why not cooperate with investigators and clear their name?
So many layers to this story. Arbitration manipulation, data theft, PPP fraud, and a sale to GBQ. This isn’t just business misconduct, this is systemic corruption.