the smol bean criminal argues that he absolutely does not deserve 100 years long sentence (www.reuters.com)
from skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de to buttcoin@awful.systems on 28 Feb 2024 15:09
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/11686356

dude argues that he completely didn’t intend to steal exchange funds, nuh uh it’s all there, there’s even an assertion (just like with tether) damages are only whatever fees liquidators took, pinky swear. wire fraud? no wai

The lawyer’s submission was accompanied by letters of support from Bankman-Fried’s parents, psychiatrist, and others.

his fellow cultists and equally complicit parents even wrote a letter! what do you mean power of friendship is not get out of jail free card? and he has given money to cultists charity that obviously means he’s a good man with impeccable moral integrity

on a slightly unrelated note, on r/buttcoin i’ve stumbled upon a take on tether that it’s used as a device for capital flight from china. allegedly ftx had major role in this

#buttcoin

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BlueMonday1984@awful.systems on 28 Feb 2024 17:32 next collapse

I do not expect the judge to go lenient on SBF.

The evidence proving his fraud was overwhelming, the scale of it was colossal, and all signs point to SBF being utterly unapologetic for the fraud he’s done and entirely unwilling to change.

He’s getting at least a decade, mark my words.

skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de on 28 Feb 2024 17:47 next collapse

Barbara Fried argued once that personal responsibility might not exist, so it seems to be common in family

jonhendry@awful.systems on 28 Feb 2024 22:42 collapse

I guess we’ll just punish random people for random things.

skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de on 28 Feb 2024 23:30 collapse

well the hyperoptimistic ruling they plead for was something 6-8 years so yeah quite probable

carlitoscohones@awful.systems on 29 Feb 2024 15:21 next collapse

“Given the same chance, Sam would dedicate his post-prison life to charitable works,” Mukasey wrote.

Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could bring a slideshow of what Effective Altruism^TM^ considers “charitable works” to the sentencing hearings? “Charitable work” = traveling the world while having a laptop on the beach, in the jungle, by the pool…

swlabr@awful.systems on 03 Mar 2024 13:01 collapse

Even if he had a hundred years he still wouldn’t get out of bronze 3.