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Amid Fraud at Sirius 'Open Source' CEO Deletes His Recent (This Month) Past With the Company

One week ago (March 14th):

Andrew Bucknor at Sirius - before

Today (he also deleted clients of Sirius so as to dodge association with the company; the names are redacted):

Andrew Bucknor at Sirius - after

Summary: Not only did the Sirius 'Open Source' CEO purge all mentions of Sirius from his Microsoft LinkedIn account; he's racing against the clock as crimes quickly become a legal liability

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