because I remembered reading it, there&#x27;s a wee bit more to the story than Ben shares.  It took a while to find it since Bloomberg reorganized their site [1] but here you go [2].<p>tl;dr: what Sharlene really went to jail for was more than shifting grant dates around (some by more than 60 days, which is more than a month last time I checked.)  She appears to have changed grant <i>and</i> exercise dates both to increase income and to shift exercise income to long term capital gains, and then mislead auditors about these practices.  Specifically, she want to jail for listing a false exercise date on her income tax return.<p>The point is, according to the reporter, what she went to jail for was more clear-cut than Ben is claiming.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;go.bloomberg.com&#x2F;market-now&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;12&#x2F;dont-worry-ben-its-a-long-way-to-san-quenti&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;go.bloomberg.com&#x2F;market-now&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;12&#x2F;dont-worry-ben...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20140309175428&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;go.bloomberg.com&#x2F;market-now&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;12&#x2F;dont-worry-ben-its-a-long-way-to-san-quenti&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20140309175428&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;go.bloombe...</a>