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Appeals court upholds FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction (apnews.com)
57 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 9 days ago
2 comments
jmyeet 9 days ago
Waste of time. Just buy a pardon [1][2][3][4][5].

[1]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps-...

[2]: https://apnews.com/article/nikola-trevor-milton-fraud-trump-...

[3]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly1qrl9l1qo

[4]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o

[5]: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardon-bitmex-crypto-e...

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mandeepj 9 days ago
He already applied for it a couple of days ago
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yieldcrv 9 days ago
All you have to do is buy a Mar-a-lago membership

Not the official route

I'm actually appalled at how crypto convicts don't figure this out. Free Ross campaign fumbled everything, except the Libertarians demanding it if Trump wanted a coalition

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juliusceasar 9 days ago
Just move to Israel, same effect....
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rich_sasha 9 days ago
Appeal is the freemium tier they have to promote the premium pardon product.
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xiphias2 9 days ago
Unlike CZ who allowed money laundering to happen, SBF directly stole from many millions of voters.

Trump looks smart enough to understand the difference in how much political power he would lose if he would pardon SBF.

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ChrisArchitect 8 days ago
Some later discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516558
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