Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail as judge revokes bail over witness tampering, VPN use

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the former billionaire remanded after prosecutors pushed to have his bail revoked, citing violations that included Bankman-Fried’s admitted usage of VPN software that he said was to watch an NFL game and the judge’s view that he had attempted to tamper with witnesses “at least twice.”

vertexarray,

sam bankrun-fraud

keepcarrot,

I can’t believe these ethical altruists are so amoral. Wow

TeddyKila,
MonsiuerPatEBrown,

I had no idea that VPN usage was controversial. I had to use them for work in the past. I just assumed that private parties would be using them eventually.

groundcrazymae,
@groundcrazymae@mastodon.social avatar

@MonsiuerPatEBrown @ken27238 i think it was more of the violation of terms of his house arrest

ebits21,
@ebits21@lemmy.ca avatar

It’s only controversial if your online life is being monitored as a condition of bail. The VPN gets around the monitoring.

UlyssesT,

NOOOO WHAT ABOUT THE EFFECTIVE ALTRUISMINOS? WHO WILL WE TURN TO ENSURE TRILLIONS OF IMMORTAL CYBER GODS SMILING BACK AT US IN THE FAR FUTURE? wojak-nooo

Jarmer,

fuck this fucking guy so hard. The fact that he’s been able to UP UNTIL NOW spend all his time in the lap of luxury in palo alto is a disgrace.

TurtleJoe,
@TurtleJoe@lemmy.world avatar

He was living in a house his parents bought with money laundered from user deposits that he stole. His parents are paying his lawyers with that money, too.

Custoslibera,

Maybe he can bring some effective altruism to his cell mates.

bappity,
@bappity@lemmy.world avatar

RIP BOZO

inspxtr,

I’m confused. What is the connection between using a VPN and witness tampering? Anyone care to explain?

phx,

Sounds like they’re two different violations to me

SlowNPC,
@SlowNPC@kbin.social avatar

They're both violations of the conditions of release. Two separate violations, unrelated except for being prohibited behavior.

inspxtr,

is VPN prohibition a general condition of these situations or was this specific to this case? And can you clarify why using VPN violations? Sorry I’m daft on the legalities of this.

520, (edited )

It would be a general bypass of monitored internet connectivity. One of his conditions was monitored internet access. VPNs are almost always encrypted, which bypasses said monitoring.

ArugulaZ,
@ArugulaZ@kbin.social avatar

Sam Bankman-Jailed!

Amir,
@Amir@lemmy.ml avatar

Sam Bankman-Deepfried

cowleggies,
@cowleggies@xcore.social avatar

boo hoo, said nobody

MsPenguinette,

I know that our incarceration facilities are inhumane but would be lying if there wasn’t a bit of ugly schadenfreude I feel knowing he’ll be in one of the most notorious places in the whole system. No kiddie gloves

ksynwa,
@ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Whatever prison he goes to wouldn’t be as bad as the ones regular folks go to.

Thordros,

You don’t get to be a billionaire by paying for NFL Sunday Ticket. Embrace hustle and grind culture!

yukichigai,
@yukichigai@kbin.social avatar

To quote a great poet, a haiku:

ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha fuck you

poudlardo,
@poudlardo@jlai.lu avatar

Beautiful

yukichigai,
@yukichigai@kbin.social avatar

I must obligingly credit the great MiddleAgeRiot, who should really get over to the fediverse already: https://twitter.com/middleageriot/status/1666969837988356096

Trebuchet,

He’s on bsky, if that helps @middleageriot.bsky.social

dingus,
@dingus@lemmy.ml avatar

Fuckin finally. So, so tired of every white collar shitbro being afforded every opportunity to keep being a shitstain.

Everyone from fuckin SBF to Donald Fuckin Trump.

Stop glad handing these pricks and treat them like you would any other criminal, worthless fucking “justice” system.

Regular ass people can be beaten and arrested based on cops getting the wrong person, and then when you justifiably “resisted” because you’re fucking innocent, it means you’ll have “resisting arrest” charges following you the rest of your fucking life.

Yet these pricks can make calls about when they’ll turn themselves in.

roguetrick,

In the end it doesn't matter much. He will be convicted and this will count as time served

uphillbothways,
@uphillbothways@kbin.social avatar

If he violated terms of bail and committed a crime in doing so, that should result in bail forfeiture. Bail was $250 million.

ImFresh3x,

He’s not facing two months. He’s facing 115 years to 155 years according to federal sentencing guidelines. Even if he’s only found guilty of one single count, he will do 20 years minimum.

Certain groups of internet people have been saying he’s going to get away with this the entire time. And everything points to the opposite. And now his bail has been revoked, and the goal post is being moved.

This dude is beyond fucked. It’s time to find someone else to talk about when it comes to the failures and special treatment related the justice department. Using him as an example of said failures really waters down that otherwise valid complaint.

roguetrick,

I wasn't saying he was getting a plea deal. Just that this will count as part of his time.

ImFresh3x,

Ah sorry I misunderstood.

It will count, but his time served won’t be a drop in the bucket. They’re gonna bury this clown.

QHC,

I see your point, but SBF is still a great example of the inequalities of the justice system quite well. Not just because of this incident, but specifically because he is getting the book thrown at him.

SBF is the 2023 version of Ken Lay–he is being made an example because he stole from other rich people.

TraditionalMuslim,

What about Biden, Hilary, Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, etc. Why haven’t they faced justice yet?

SigloPseudoMundo,

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  • foo,

    Mate, if that’s a problem in American politics then the Republican party is in trouble

    TraditionalMuslim,

    Never was. Do some research next time instead of spreading lies and hate. You’re only making yourself look like a fool.

    I’m not making up BS when I mentioned those names. If you want me to spill out the crimes they’ve done, I can. Trump isn’t the only one that is corrupt. Corruption runs deep in the USA from all parties.

    wagoner,

    LOL

    TeddyKila,
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