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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The whole thing stinks.
” 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. “
unless he claims to be a Moose Limb, then he gets a what do you call it? Hala hala hala diet?
Who was that again? Rings a bell but I can’t remember her name.
“He is a 30 year old man child. He doesn’t even know how to groom himself like a man. He looks like a 15 year old boy, but he’s twice that age: 30 years old.”
I honestly thought he was around 21 from his pictures.
“Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey!!”
“I’m a vegan!”
[PAUSE]
“Wakey wakey...vegetables and sadness!”
Well, on the bright side, he will be able to practice his ‘polyamory’ in jail.
And with “feeling”.
Yes it does, when the fax collapse happen, I though of money launding
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