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She was a model cooperator and was sentenced only to 2 years, so this isn't a surprising outcome.

by tptacek 11mo ago

skullone 11mo ago
But it shows that there's really no penalties for the rich to commit billions in fraud
- amanaplanacanal 11mo ago
  Not as long as you are willing to roll on the other guy. This has always been the way.
- ralph84 11mo ago
  It's more about who you defrauded. Bernie Madoff died in prison because he defrauded other rich people.
- mikkupikku 11mo ago
  Bankman-Fried is doing 25 years in prison. That's the average prison sentence for murder. The message being sent is that you should turn on your partners in crime now and save yourself a lot of suffering in the long run.
  - jahnu 11mo ago
    I think people have no handle on what years and decades of life lost to prison means. The numbers are just abstract to them.
- Rebelgecko 11mo ago
  As long as they have someone "worse" to snitch on
- JumpCrisscross 11mo ago
  > it shows that there's really no penalties for the rich to commit billions in fraud She’s a felon, banned “from holding executive roles in public or crypto companies,” penniless and probably fighting lawsuits for the rest of her life.
rasz 11mo ago
But she was never a whistleblower. Whistleblower is someone who goes to feds, not someone forced in court to cooperate.
- tptacek 11mo ago
  No, of course not; she was a felon, and was convicted of felonies and sentenced to federal prison.
  - michaelt 11mo ago
    Once again proving that stealing $20 carries a longer sentence than white collar criminals stealing $200,000,000.
    - tptacek 11mo ago
      It in fact does not.
      - allyouseed 11mo ago
        It in fact does, but this fact appears outside your sphere of interest in defending. > suspected that Floyd had used a counterfeit $20 bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd#Murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd#Murder
        tptacek 11mo ago
        Floyd was never charged, let alone convicted, for stealing $20, and we're talking about federal crimes here.
        allyouseed 11mo ago
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        lowmagnet 11mo ago

She was a model cooperator and was sentenced only to 2 years, so this isn't a surprising outcome.

by tptacek 11mo ago

She was a model cooperator and was sentenced only to 2 years, so this isn't a surprising outcome.

skullone 11mo ago

But it shows that there's really no penalties for the rich to commit billions in fraud

amanaplanacanal 11mo ago
Not as long as you are willing to roll on the other guy. This has always been the way.
ralph84 11mo ago
It's more about who you defrauded. Bernie Madoff died in prison because he defrauded other rich people.
mikkupikku 11mo ago
Bankman-Fried is doing 25 years in prison. That's the average prison sentence for murder. The message being sent is that you should turn on your partners in crime now and save yourself a lot of suffering in the long run.
- jahnu 11mo ago
  I think people have no handle on what years and decades of life lost to prison means. The numbers are just abstract to them.
Rebelgecko 11mo ago
As long as they have someone "worse" to snitch on
JumpCrisscross 11mo ago
> it shows that there's really no penalties for the rich to commit billions in fraud She’s a felon, banned “from holding executive roles in public or crypto companies,” penniless and probably fighting lawsuits for the rest of her life.

rasz 11mo ago

But she was never a whistleblower. Whistleblower is someone who goes to feds, not someone forced in court to cooperate.

tptacek 11mo ago
No, of course not; she was a felon, and was convicted of felonies and sentenced to federal prison.
- michaelt 11mo ago
  Once again proving that stealing $20 carries a longer sentence than white collar criminals stealing $200,000,000.
  - tptacek 11mo ago
    It in fact does not.
    - allyouseed 11mo ago
      It in fact does, but this fact appears outside your sphere of interest in defending. > suspected that Floyd had used a counterfeit $20 bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd#Murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd#Murder
      - tptacek 11mo ago
        Floyd was never charged, let alone convicted, for stealing $20, and we're talking about federal crimes here.
        allyouseed 11mo ago
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        lowmagnet 11mo ago