Did my old job only exist because of fraud?

A software engineer discovers that the venture capital fund that acquired his early-career startup, GenieDB, was allegedly engaged in fraud—charging portfolio companies excessive fees and potentially creating companies solely to extract investor money. Though the fraud was never directly litigated regarding GenieDB specifically, internal emails suggest the fund prioritized fees over genuine investment returns, raising the unsettling question of whether his job and subsequent life trajectory in the US were built on fraudulent activity. The author ultimately concludes that while the fund manager exploited the company, the core technology and his colleagues' genuine efforts to build it were real, allowing him to reconcile the darker circumstances of his career's foundation.