TheUmgawa t1_j2azzha wrote on December 30, 2022 at 10:44 PM

"Your honor, my client pleads not guilty by reason of idiocy. It is our belief that any jury would be convinced that no rational person would have entrusted a moron like my client with their money –or pretend digital money, as it were– and so I currently move for summary judgment, with prejudice, vis a vis ex post facto ad nauseum mens rea. I'm not sure if any of those apply, because I'm as good a lawyer as my client is a CEO. He found me on Facebook, where I go by Hindu Kush 420 Esquire, and must have just thought I was a lawyer."

Snaz5 t1_j2bh29e wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:45 AM

Ah, the Fox News defense

eggshellcracking t1_j2cjk7s wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:59 AM

"your honour, how can it be fraud if crypto is just magical internet tokens and not real money?"

TheUmgawa t1_j2ckmw3 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 6:10 AM

Fools and their pretend digital money are soon parted.

WTFrashelle t1_j2dkwjw wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:43 PM

If it’s the funds weren’t “real” where is the crime?

TheUmgawa t1_j2e0q02 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:49 PM

That’s what I’m saying. They don’t want it regulated like money, and they don’t want it regulated like securities, but when someone steals or loses their pretend digital money, they want the government to help them.