Perhaps one should have a document, with exact terms and conditions reviewed by a lawyer, before believing mendacious thieves, and resigning over email. But if you're greedy enough to think they're going to actually pay you several months of wages with taxpayer money, Mr. Madoff has a deal for you.

Ha - no, just visited his workshop in NJ and facility at Ford Museum in Michigan. Read a biography on him and The Real Tesla.
Fun Fact: there is a statue of N Tesla at Niagara Falls.

Edison had a team of inventors working for him. He invented a lot, but not all, of the things he gets credit for. Leon just steals.