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Appeals court upholds FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction
- jmyeet 5mo agoWaste of time. Just buy a pardon [1][2][3][4][5]. [1]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps-pardon-economy https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps-... [2]: https://apnews.com/article/nikola-trevor-milton-fraud-trump-pardon-3fcebb0a3820cecb205656f2dc3f6764 https://apnews.com/article/nikola-trevor-milton-fraud-trump-... [3]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly1qrl9l1qo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly1qrl9l1qo [4]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o [5]: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardon-bitmex-crypto-exchange-money-laundering.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardon-bitmex-crypto-e...
- mandeepj 5mo agoHe already applied for it a couple of days ago
- yieldcrv 5mo agoAll you have to do is buy a Mar-a-lago membership Not the official route I'm actually appalled at how crypto convicts don't figure this out. Free Ross campaign fumbled everything, except the Libertarians demanding it if Trump wanted a coalition
- juliusceasar 5mo agoJust move to Israel, same effect....
- rich_sasha 5mo agoAppeal is the freemium tier they have to promote the premium pardon product.
- xiphias2 5mo agoUnlike CZ who allowed money laundering to happen, SBF directly stole from many millions of voters. Trump looks smart enough to understand the difference in how much political power he would lose if he would pardon SBF.
- ChrisArchitect 5mo agoSome later discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516558 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516558