# Has a SDMB regular ever been a newsworthy criminal?
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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 20, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-regular-ever-been-a-newsworthy-criminal/993402 "2023-11-20T01:40:17Z")
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### Author:  [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-regular-ever-been-a-newsworthy-criminal/993402/21 "2023-11-22T17:33:53Z")
Actually, I double checked my facts. He got 6 to 30 and is now out.
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### Author:  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-regular-ever-been-a-newsworthy-criminal/993402/22 "2023-11-22T19:04:33Z")
This article from Berkeley Law (Public Access) makes a good argument that climate change deniers funded by contrarian institutions do qualify as criminals.
> **[Deceitful Tongues: Is Climate Change Denial A Crime?](https://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1125197?ln=en)**
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> Tucker, William C.
There was one climate change denier Doper who outed himself in a post, and I found later that he did go into a very public and lucrative Carrer in denial for Anthony Watts and other yahoos.
Suffice to say:
> **[Willis Eschenbach](https://www.desmog.com/willis-eschenbach/)**
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> Willis Eschenbach Credentials California Massage Certificate, Aames School of Massage, Oakland, CA. (1974). \[1\] B.A., Psychology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA. (1975). \[1\] Background Willis Eschenbach is a regular speaker at the...
> Eschenbach has previously worked as a Construction Manager at Taunovo Bay Resort in Fiji, Sport Fishing guide in Alaska, and more recently as an Accounts/IT Senior Manager with South Pacific Oil.
Not mentioning here the handle that doper had. Just to be on the safe side.
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