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Another thing that makes this case difficult is that SBF kind of breaks the sentencing guidelines. He starts at the highest possible base offense level for frau
by jcranmer 3y ago
Another thing that makes this case difficult is that SBF kind of breaks the sentencing guidelines. He starts at the highest possible base offense level for fraud, so he's in a position where every point haggled over is worth years of sentence time. And this also means statutory maximum sentences come into effect, and I personally don't know how that interacts when you've got multiple charges.
I believe the statutory maximum for fraud is 20 years, and so I suspect that's the minimum that he's going to be in prison for.
- pcwalton 3y ago> And this also means statutory maximum sentences come into effect, and I personally don't know how that interacts when you've got multiple charges. The judge can order consecutive sentences for multiple charges, making the effective statutory maximum in such cases very long indeed. Sholam Weiss [1] was an extreme example of this, racking up 845 years for a $450M fraud in the 90s. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholam_Weiss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholam_Weiss
- mikeyouse 3y agoAstonishingly corrupt commutation of his sentence too. Ugh.