It wasn't for the money anyway, it was just for clout and attention and he will continue to get it.
Not to mention it's 50-50 whether he even bought that shyt, or whether someone bought it for him to create publicity and drive up the market.
A pair of unanimous Supreme Court rulings have been making federal prosecutors’ jobs more difficult in anti-corruption cases, and one of the first beneficiaries of these precedents may be Sam Bankman-Fried, the most hated man in cryptocurrency.
On Friday, Bankman-Fried’s attorneys argued that five of the charges against their client might now be on shaky ground in the wake of the holding in U.S. v. Ciminelli, a decision authored by Justice Clarence Thomas. That ruling voided the corruption conviction of Buffalo-based contractor Louis Ciminelli, who was involved in a major development project ballyhooed by former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
In the process, Thomas — with unanimous agreement from his colleagues — voided the so-called “right-to-control” theory of fraud prosecution holding that someone can be found guilty of wire fraud for scheming to deprive the victim of “potentially valuable economic information” needed for “discretionary economic decisions.”
His opinion, however, found that the “federal fraud statutes criminalize only schemes to deprive people of traditional property interests.”
Time and good fortune seems to be on Bankman’s side. Scamming ppl using crypto looks like a green light since it’s inherently risky and has no formal regulation except for tax purposes.
Time and good fortune seems to be on Bankman’s side. Scamming ppl using crypto looks like a green light since it’s inherently risky and has no formal regulation except for tax purposes.
It’ll be interesting to see how these nft fraud cases will now be handled“federal fraud statutes criminalize only schemes to deprive people of traditional property interests.”
he's trying to dismiss 10 charges out of 13 but 5 of them might definitely be throw out.
Of course when the white man bribed everyone with fukking millions they dont wanna charge his thieving ass... but no ones above the law right???
Bankman-Fried was extradited from the Bahamas on eight criminal charges stemming from the collapse of FTX, the crypto-exchange he founded. He has argued the U.S. government breached its extradition treaty with the Bahamas by filing additional charges against him months later, including bank fraud and an allegation he paid a $40 million bribe to the Chinese government to unfreeze a trading account.
"We think dismissal of those counts would be the better outcome," defense attorney Marc Cohen said.
seems like the prosecutors fukked up and will need the Bahamas to consent to those 5 charges.
US offers to drop some charges for now against Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried, who has pleaded not guilty, is scheduled to stand trial in October.abcnews.go.com