BrikoXM to TechnologyEnglish · 8 months agoFTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prisonarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkFTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prisonarstechnica.comBrikoXM to TechnologyEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBrikoXOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoWay too light of a sentence. The way financial crimes are viewed by the courts is a fucking joke.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·8 months agoThe only reason he’s getting this much is he fucked over investment firms. If he had just fucked over regular people, he’d maybe do a tenth of this time.
minus-squareRagnarok314159@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoLet’s not kid ourselves. If he stole our money, he would be getting a seven figure job at a hedge fund along with a fat bonus.
minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoFinancial crimes are handled inversely proportional to how much is stolen and also the wealth of the victims. This guy stole a fuckload, but unfortunately for him he wasn’t using wage theft to steal from poors.
Way too light of a sentence. The way financial crimes are viewed by the courts is a fucking joke.
The only reason he’s getting this much is he fucked over investment firms.
If he had just fucked over regular people, he’d maybe do a tenth of this time.
Let’s not kid ourselves. If he stole our money, he would be getting a seven figure job at a hedge fund along with a fat bonus.
Financial crimes are handled inversely proportional to how much is stolen and also the wealth of the victims. This guy stole a fuckload, but unfortunately for him he wasn’t using wage theft to steal from poors.