So, she wrote an email to Microsoft's PR Department to enquire whether their founder had indeed been arrested or not, and waited, expecting no response.
Here's a sample from the decidedly-non-commital reply she finally received:
Thank you for your patience as I looked into your request. I have connected with my colleagues and unfortunately we are unable to accommodate your request at this time. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Should you need attribution, please attribute to a Microsoft spokesperson.
So, what the fuck does that mean?
Either Microsoft can't understand the question, "Has Bill Gates been arrested or not?" or this is an A.I. or automated pro-forma reponse they send out to all such kook-mails or they really can't say i.e. aren't allowed to disclose at this time? And the real funny thing is, Microsoft don't need to adopt this peculiar holding-pattern stance. They could just deny everything like corporations always do. But no, can neither confirm nor deny.
Wow.