say what you will, but elizabeth pierce built this thing. all of her fraud, this is starting to service about 10,000 customers in alaska who previously could not stream things. september 30, she surrendered, pleading guilty to eight counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of wire fraud. she went to jail but she is really at it. she argued in court, i am not an evil manipulator. the fdny has made me out to be some sort of greedy person and she just argues she is not. she got caught up in something and was really advocating this network in alaska and it just did not go the way she wanted it to. carol: the apparel company aiming to become china's first global consumer mega brand. jason: and the places where you can lodge in luxury. this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ jason: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." carol: join us every day on the radio starting at 2:00 p.m. wall street time. you can also catch up on our daily show by listening to our podcast. jason: and find us online at businessweek.com or through our mobile app. car

once the fbi got involved, they arrested elizabeth pierce.ocuments show that google a drive account she shared she dragged all of the contract files to the trash overnight. when they log on to see contracts it to set elizabeth pierce has deleted 78 files. a bad paper trail. but they did bring aboard a new ceo. i was super impressed. as many difficulties as they had to deal with, he came aboard just days after she resigned and was later arrested. essentially had to complete the fiber-optic network in alaska, which took a ton of ships and all of that laying of cable. and then get all the customers back. go out and say, look and i know this is complicated and terrible. we have gotten you embroiled in legal issues but please believe in this network. for what it's worth, it does work. i talked to a lot of customers and say what you will, but elizabeth pierce built this thing. despite all of her fraud, this is starting to service about 10,000 customers in alaska who previously could not stream things. september 30, she surrendered, pleading guilty

austin: once the fbi got involved, they are arrested -- they arrested elizabeth pierce. to cover her tracks. when they log on to see where the contracts were, it said elizabeth peers has deleted 78 files, which is a bad paper trail. after she went away, they did bring aboard this ceo, a former army vet, a seasoned telecom executive, who i got to spend time with, and i was impressed. for as many difficulties they had to deal with, he came aboard days after she resigned from the company, and was later arrested, and he had to complete the fiber-optic network in alaska, which took a ton of ships, and all of that slaying of the cable underground. then, get all of their customers back. say i know this is comfortably -- uncomfortable, but please believe in this network. it does work. and it does work. i got to use it in anchorage and talked to a lot of customers there. say what you will, but elizabeth pierce built to this thing despite all of her fraud. this has started to service customers, 10,000 in alaska, which previously couldn't stream things like game of thrones. carol: a