Posted on 12/13/2022 1:48:12 PM PST by Morgana
A Bahamian judge is allowing Sam Bankman-Fried's parents to leave court in the middle of his arraignment hearing to retrieve anti-depressants, Adderall and Zyrtec.
Bankman-Fried is accused of one of the 'biggest financial frauds in American history' - defrauding investors out of $1.8billion by convincing them his trading platform FTX was safe to use.
He is begging for mercy - asking for $250,000 cash bond - and claiming he can't be thrown in jail because he is depressed and follows a vegan diet.
Prosecutors in the Bahamas are begging a judge not to grant him bail, insisting he is a clear flight risk.
In court on Tuesday, they claimed he had even moved $300million to a Brazilian firm in September 2022, before filing bankruptcy, in a move that they say demonstrates his intention to flee justice.
Bankman-Fried faces 155 years in prison on eight counts of money laundering and fraud. US prosecutors are preparing to charge some of his friends too.
Prosecutors say he used the platform as a 'personal piggy bank' to fund a lavish lifestyle and make whopping political donations.
During proceedings on Tuesday, is Stanford law professor mother, Barbara, laughed when prosecutors referred to him as a 'fugitive'.
He maintains that he did nothing of the sort, and was going to tell Congress today that he could repay all of the people who have lost money 'tomorrow' if his assets were unfrozen, despite previously filing for bankruptcy.
Prosecutors in The Bahamas today argued that he should not be granted bail, insisting that he was a flight risk. He is in court currently in a blue and white shirt, and is not wearing handcuffs.
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Hillary: I'm sorry, I don't recall.
Senator: How's the book tour?
Hillary: Uh, I'm sorry, I don't recall.
Senator: Well, let's get started. (To the tune of Try to Remember) Try to remember when you were a member of Rose Law Firm and worked White Water.
Hillary: I don't remember that big money lender. I was um baking cookies for my daughter.
Senator: Well, Mrs. Clinton, don't you remember that illegal tender and your shady friend that McDougal fellow?
Hillary: I'm sorry, I can't remember - my brain's in a blender - it's Jello! Could we get on with this please? I have to get back to my book tour.
Senator: OK, Mrs. Clinton. Try to remember - and don't blame your gender -for missing all this high corruption.
Hillary: Well, excuse me - I don't remember, and don't blame my gender. I'm not just some bimbo eruption.
Former New Jersey U.S. Senator,(DemocRAT,) (from 2001 to 2006) who lost millions as a stock broker.
When Goldman Sachs went public after Corzine's departure, Corzine made $400 million, circa 1999. Jon Corzine ex-U.S. Senator (DemocRAT,) (from 2001 to 2006) and ex-54th governor of New Jersey, January 17, 2006 to – January 19, 2010.
MF Global's collapse was one of the ten biggest bankruptcies in U.S. history.
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Corzine was subpoenaed to appear before a {U.S.} House committee on December 8, 2011, to answer questions regarding 1.2 billion dollars of missing money from MF Global client accounts. He testified before the committee, "I simply do not know where the money is, or why the accounts have not been reconciled to date," and that given the number of money transfers in the final days of trading at MF Global, he didn't know specifics of the movement of the funds. He also denied authorizing any misuse of customer funds. In March 2012, Bloomberg reported on a memo produced by congressional investigators that quoted an internal company e-mail relating to a $175 million transfer that was a subject of their investigation.
Yeah, I don't think crypto is all he cheats at.
When I saw the dude talking to himself when asked a question, I thought....he's putting on an act so that he and his Soros/other lawyer gonna put on an insanity/stupidity defense
-OR-
he's plum loco/drugged-out...might say anything at a congressional hearing
... so they(shadow figures)might want to arrest/isolate him before that happens.
...well, until his death from "natural causes"/"suicide" anyway.
He will either never be convicted or serve time, or he will get “The Full Epstein” treatment.
That sounds about right. 😀
I should have hat tipped to Rush Limbaugh. Man is he sorely missed.
Vegans eat too much soy, which can give men boobs.
She’s hiding out in Hong Kong last I read
No extradition treaty
Uhhhh, who’s going to explain to them Adderall and Zyrtec are not antidepressants?
What a snowflake!
So his ex-GF being seen in New York recently was no coincidence then. Likely she had cut a deal with the US attorneys at the Southern District of NY, leading to the arrest. She flipped him for real. LOL.
Bold and italics for “the full”. Kinda like getting the Monica only worse.
I seem to remember Rush, and this “court appearance.” 🤗 Did she even remember her name?
Probably
Especially since Bill Clinton is a pal of SBF
A vegan diet? What does he think jail is? the Waldorf-Astoria? Sorry bud, but you’ll have to eat what your fellow inmates eat. Don’t worry. You’ll be out before your 60th birthday and you’ll be able to eat all the soyburgers you want.
The one who released the goat as the scapegoat shall wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; then afterward he shall come into the camp.
“like with a cloth?”
Asking for a friend who could not be involved because she is not a he
So the parents, who are law school professors, have $100 million dollars to drop on a house in another country?
SHE & Daddy should be charged with AIDING & ABETTING.
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