She Confessed to Fraud. Her Board Let Her Stay in Charge. The final months of the fashion tech start-up CaaStle included fake audits, stock buybacks and a damage control strategy led by the chief executive who defrauded it. Christine Hunsicker, CaaStle’s co-founder, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in March.Credit...Larry Neumeister/Associated Press June 7, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET It should have been scandalous enough that there was a $283 million fraud.