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Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by vmception on Saturday February 06, 2021 @07:23PM (#26051466)
absolutely a two-tiered justice system

where is his deferred prosecution agreement? why wasnt it even offered here, was it offered here?

all they try to pin on him is two bank secrecy act violations and don’t offer a “pay us to go away” route

this state has zero credibility

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Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by lazylizard on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:38AM (#26053373)
now im curious. who does fatty kim bank with? who issued him a credit card?
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Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by auston on Saturday February 06, 2021 @08:14PM (#26051733)
> The issue is that deferred prosecutions shouldn't be offered to anyone, instead of as yourself and parent imply, being offered to this guy. In this case the system worked, in the others, it needs to be adjusted.

If it is offered to others, it should be offered here. Let's keep people out of cages.

Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by lakecresva on Saturday February 06, 2021 @11:54PM (#26052754)
I think it's pretty clear at this point that fines do not effectively deter white collar criminals.
Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by arcticbull on Saturday February 06, 2021 @08:16PM (#26051742)
The argument often posited is that if you don't punish the big guys then they'll just keep doing it, and the government will look the other way because they get to be "in on the take".

The solution to that isn't to punish nobody, it's to punish everyone.

Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by spoonjim on Saturday February 06, 2021 @08:07PM (#26051708)
Where’s his deferred prosecution agreement? He’s black, are you out of your mind?
Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by vmception on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:02AM (#26053255)
I am definitely seeking the counterpoints and the District Attorneys go out of their way to make that hard
Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by r29vzg2 on Saturday February 06, 2021 @09:11PM (#26052003)
Is this bait?
Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by spoonjim on Saturday February 06, 2021 @09:42PM (#26052163)
Not really... do you think that a black person is going to get the kid gloves from the criminal justice system?
Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by CryptoPunk on Sunday February 07, 2021 @08:35AM (#26054916)
I don't see why not?
Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by spoonjim on Sunday February 07, 2021 @10:43AM (#26055736)
Then... you’re probably not black in America.
Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by CryptoPunk on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:17AM (#26064721)
How would being black change anything?
Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by nefitty on Saturday February 06, 2021 @08:55PM (#26051915)
I’m totally out of the loop on this but curious to know Hayes’ views on racism, especially considering how likely it is that he holds libertarian views. It piques my interest because I’ve recently been hearing heterodox views from commentators like Kmele Foster and seeing split reactions from the left.
Re:The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes by seibelj on Sunday February 07, 2021 @05:40AM (#26054067)
Plenty of non-white people are libertarian. It’s in the interest of mainstream political parties to say it’s only an ideology of straight white males as a way to dismiss it. But this simply isn’t true.