Take-Two founder pleads guilty to options charges

Separately, Ryan Brant settles a civil action brought by SEC, agrees to permanent bar on holding top offices at public companies.

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[umbrae]

Personal Experience

I try to share this story whenever I can...

Back in the early days of gaming when games just starting to come out on CDs, I bought one of the first games by Take Two. I really hated the game and returned it the same week.

I ended up posting on the company's BBS on AOL to explain why I did not like the game. However, I was immediately attacked by a T2 rep. The attack was vicious and many other posters criticized the rep for his attitude and behavior. The attack moved to email that included many curse words accusing me of piracy since I played the game yet returned it to the store.

I received many emails from him until I contact AOL's abuse department to get the person to stop. I also contacted the company's corporate office to complain about the behavior. Only to find out the person was actually Ryan Brant, the founder of the company.

The guy has always been an ******, so I find this news wonderfully rewarding. To think _HE_ called _ME_ a criminal.

[tomlinf]

Two Founders

A guy named Mark Seremet has a blog and claims to be the co-founder of Take 2:

markeseremet.blogspot.com

I never knew Ryan Brant had a partner.