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Future-Spirit7874 t1_j220w89 wrote

Reply to comment by hzj5790 in Sam Bankman-Fried to enter plea in FTX fraud case by hzj5790

They can only get him on two counts of wire fraud? What did the prosecuters graduate law school during the pandemic?

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hoodyninja t1_j221qvc wrote

They issue arrest warrants based on the quickest (in this case) and easiest offenses to prove. They could have arraigned him on a single count if they wanted to it doesn’t really matter. They are going to be slam dunk cases.

They can always add more charges if he doesn’t cooperate or plead quickly. I am actually really against plead deals in the US. But this is not an uncommon tactic. Basically hook your fish quickly and keep them in the hook with a seam dunk and then if the fish makes you “really work for it” while reeling him in, then you slap 5-10 additional charges on them. If he comes quietly and pleads to the original 2 plus a few smaller ones the prosecutor will likely agree to it.

TDLR: no they didn’t graduate during lockdown and clearly you have never been a prosecutor before.

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Future-Spirit7874 t1_j222olb wrote

I hope they do add more charges. He need to be in jail for life.

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hoodyninja t1_j224lf6 wrote

They probably will. They also have to protect their sources so don’t want to reveal anything in the indictments that would tip their hat to how much info they actually have.

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mikasjoman t1_j23cxzb wrote

He probably won't be in jail for life since that would take away any of the bargaining chips to cooperate and put the rest who participated in jail too. Including some possibly innocent

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elksteaksdmt t1_j22c013 wrote

Eh, it’s not like it’s murder

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Douchieus t1_j22rbqi wrote

I wouldn't be surprised if people ended their lives after losing life savings tied up in this scam. Billions of dollars gone.

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Floating_Ground t1_j22hdf9 wrote

“two counts of wire fraud and six counts of conspiracy, including to launder money and commit campaign finance violations, and if convicted could spend decades in prison.”

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Low_Sale8560 t1_j22byb6 wrote

Look up the mandatory minimums he's facing and the federal conviction time chart. If they get him on 1 charge they have him period.

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mdk2004 t1_j22iz13 wrote

Plea deal often means you plead guilty to minor crimes and walk away easily, especially if it has only been a few weeks since the indictment. This pos is fully politically connected. I doubt he will be in jail for Christmas.

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thesnuggyone t1_j24jbd3 wrote

What you are saying is totally incorrect.

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mdk2004 t1_j264ma1 wrote

Which part is incorrect, pleading guilty to lesser charges is so common it baffles the mind.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/laura-parker-russo-plea-deal-unauthorized-covid-vaccine-injection-long-island/ Former Long Island teacher Laura Parker Russo pleads guilty to lesser charges for injecting teen with COVID vaccine

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You think he was arrested last week and they sent over a plea deal for 30 years in prison and a guy he agreed? The guy who could afford 100's of millions of dollars in lawyers and is out on bail potentially for YEARS. He was just so eager to go to jail for the rest of his life he took a sentence that most of use wouldn't consider getting off easy? Bernie got 150 years, even a quarter of Bernie's sentence would be 37 years. So which part is incorrect?

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