Bankman-Fried got prison time equivalent to murder over his Fraud.
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Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Why don’t people go to jail for fraud anymore?
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 7 months ago
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
25 years for stealing 11 billions, I don’t think it’s nowhere enough. How many people died as a result of his theft? How is that different from pointing a gun and shooting someone?
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 7 months ago
He stole from rich people, mostly, so they probably weren’t all that negatively impacted.
WraithGear@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Which is the only reason he saw time
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Except for the people that committed suicide because of financial ruin and those that were left homeless. Those rich people will recover at least part of what they lost via bankruptcy trustees from the seized assets.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Because political bribery is legal.
Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 7 months ago
WOAH there, you can just use words like “bribery”
You have to disguise it.
With a nice neutral word like “lobbying”.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
It’s about to get even worse. There is an upcoming Supreme Court case in the US that will weaken anti-corruption laws even more.
The case in question: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/…/23-108.html