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> specifically that SBF knowingly and willingly engaged in fraud

He very well may go to prison for something other than defrauding FTX customers. See Al Capone for tax evasion and Elizabeth Holmes for defrauding investors (not patients).



Also Billy Mitchell of Fyre Festival... wire fraud instead of bilking his concert attendees.


> Billy Mitchell of Fyre Festival

You mean Billy McFarland. Billy Mitchell appears entirely innocent of this ;-)


For instance some of the money may really be gone but if he has tries to hide any of it he can get busted for that act. I don’t think it is safe for him to travel to the US or many other jurisdictions right now.




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