[ejlangev]

This article, while probably true an accurate, seems designed to make SBF the fall guy by portraying him as a uniquely bad actor in the crypto space. In reality, the crypto space is full of fraud that is probably criminal and he is just the latest example. That doesn't excuse his behavior and he should probably go to prison for this but it would be a shame if people get taken in by thinking of him as just a bad apple.

[hn_throwaway_99]

He is not the "fall guy" considering he, along with Alameda's CEO, make the direct, conscious decision to embezzle customer funds to prop up Alameda. Just because he stole what looks to be a billion dollars doesn't mean there are no other bad actors.

I think this article is great. I've commented on this for a while, but I still can't fathom why most of the media isn't highlighting that this was plain old, straightforward theft. There is no gray area here, the lack of crypto regulations are pretty irrelevant, and I'm glad a journalist is saying clearly that this was just fraud and theft.

[bhk]

I totally missed the part where they say that there have been no other criminals in crypto. Could you point me to that?

Or are you just thinking that the PR narrative of well-intentioned-but-made-some-mistakes would be better at protecting people from future scams?