Caroline Ellison is the trademark product of a DOJ prosecution.
DOJ spends months interrogating and investigating second and third tier participants, threatening each one with a blizzard of criminal charges, and always implying that someone else is testifying against you in exchange for a lighter sentence.
DOJ has unlimited funding and personnel.
Their criminal targets do not.
DOJ resolves almost 100% of its complex prosecutions with a plea deal.
By the way, I think it was Fox News that reported today that Bankman-Fried donated $10 million to Biden and $100 million to various Democrats and RINOs.
That might make Bankman eligible for a Presidential commutation of sentence.
His late middle aged parents might be eligible for full pardons.
While what you said was true. She still knew she was committing a crime.