I did some consulting for Andrew and can say that he's actually a REALLY decent guy who cares about his team and customers. Certainly there were times where Groupon was downright sloppy. And perhaps they were reckless. But can you point out where Andrew wasn't upstanding?

Just a year and a half ago Andrew Mason was actually considered one of the most charismatic CEOs in the business. GroupOn had MASSIVE momentum, and was actually known as the fastest growing company in history.

Fried was on GroupOn's board way before any of the investment scandals came up.

Maybe Mason did Fried a favor. That's usually how it works.