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by ceejayoz 1490 days ago
Maybe! First, they have to get caught; Bernie Madoff managed to run his ponzi for decades, running the value up to $65B. Jail for misrepresentation is pretty rare; IIRC only one person in the entire 2009 financial crisis wound up with jail time.

> No, but I don't understand why anyone would use UST instead of USDC.

That's fair, I just don't understand using either.

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Only one person in the US. He was sentenced for two and half years, about half a year less than the average US jail sentence for selling pot. Other countries, especially Iceland, actually did crack down on their bankers.