Well yeah he fucked with rich people and their money, it was a foregone conclusion
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2023
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He mostly made rich people a lot of money. They are probably up overall on FTX.
Ooh, ooh, now do consequences for hurting non- rich people!
Wish granted : he doesn't have to go to prison, gets a billion dollars and becomes an influential politician. At least that's how this usually plays out.
:(
Five week trial and a 4 hour jury verdict? That’s insane. The jury listened to a month plus of evidence and came to a verdict before they bothered to order food.
It was a month plus of "yep, that's fraud"
Is one of the counts his haircut?
I think he got that one either dismissed or ~~Alfred~~ Alford-pleaded that one out
Edit: maybe a directed verdict like the moment he was charged and was arraigned
Afro plea
He kind of deserves to spend his days in prison. What an absolute sociatal skid mark.
But why does it take another 5 months to give the actual sentence? That's a ridiculous amount of time, and apparently quite common!!
Bro got fried for scamming the banks
Sam Bankman-Fried, bank man, fried
Scam Bankrun-Fraud
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, has been found guilty on all seven counts related to fraud and money laundering.
The decision was handed down on Thursday, following a five-week trial that dug deep into how one of the biggest crypto exchanges and its sister trading company collapsed about a year ago.
Bankman-Fried fell quickly from the top of the crypto totem pole after a faulty Alameda balance sheet was unveiled by CoinDesk in November 2022, which resulted in industry-wide panic and concern around FTX and its liquidity.
As the story unraveled, we learned that the problem was much, much bigger than many originally thought: The executives behind the now-bankrupt FTX and Alameda allegedly stole over $8 billion in customer funds.
Prosecutors argued Bankman-Fried made false promises and was responsible for the loss of billions of dollars for thousands of investors on FTX.
The DOJ’s December 2022 indictment stated Bankman-Fried knowingly defrauded FTX customers by misusing their deposits to invest in other companies and pay off lenders and expenses.
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Shoulda taken a plea
Haircut?
Can’t wait to see how the 1:1 GME tokens are resolved