Joseph Firmage, a 90s tech star, faces prison after a dramatic downfall. His obsession with UFOs and aliens led him to pursue anti-gravity technology, allegedly defrauding investors and abusing an elderly woman he lived with.
One of the 1990s' brightest tech stars may be headed to prison amid a shocking fall from grace that includes everything from alleged anti-gravity tech to elder abuse allegations to claims of a massive Ponzi scheme., tech pioneer Joseph Firmage is being sued by people who invested in his anti-gravity quest, which coasted for way too long as his wealth and success dwindled in the face of the former digital guru's obsession with UFOs and aliens.
In the 90s, Firmage was living the dream after becoming an executive at Novell, the company credited with making local area networks scalable, at the tender age of 23. After leaving to found the digital design company USWeb, Firmage was named one ofYes, you read that right.
When the outlet spoke to him, the former web wizard seemed much worse for the wear even by his previously kooky standards. He insisted that he could not "admit to a financial crime, because I didn’t commit one" and that he was in jail because he had been — apologies in advance — "gang-raped by an AI-equipped Jamaican financial crime syndicate."
Between the civil suit by the jilted investors and the criminal elder abuse trial, which has not yet commenced, Firmage may owe millions and be behind bars for a long while. If his alien consiglieres are real, now would be a great time for them to contact him.Subscribe to our daily newsletter to keep in touch with the subjects shaping our future.
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