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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by HWR_14 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:51PM (#33980133)
While Tom Brady's endorsement has little economic value, it was money paid to him. I believe a bankruptcy court can undo past transactions, so that cash might be recoverable.
Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by topkai22 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @02:00AM (#33980819)
That’s a tough one as Brady wasn’t an investor or executive but a supplier. Will the media companies that FTX bought ads with also need to give back their fees?
Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by HWR_14 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @04:14PM (#33990672)
Quite possibly. Even without fraud, transactions within 90 days to a year of filing can be reversed by a bankruptcy court. Brady's transactions are more likely to be reversed because of his ongoing relationship with FTX than the media companies's transactions.

With fraud, they timeline gets a lot longer.

Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by l33t233372 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @12:22AM (#33980288)
They can’t give Tom Brady his time back.
Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by HWR_14 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:18AM (#33980604)
Of the people stolen from, Tom Brady losing a day filming commercials is pretty low on the list of things I care about.

Like he got paid $X for his endorsement. I would prefer that money go to the people whose life savings were stolen.

Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by chezelenkoooo on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @02:02AM (#33980837)
Is it really Tom Brady's responsibility to vet each and every one of his commercial offers? That seems unsustainable. He would have needed some pretty intimate knowledge of the crypto world along with the inner workings of FTX to know that it was a fraud. To me it seems like placing too much responsibility on people who shouldn't bear that responsibility.
Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by HWR_14 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:37AM (#33982661)
This has nothing to do with knowing it was fraud or impending bankruptcy which has nothing to do with having a bankruptcy court claw back money given to you in preference of others. This is like Brady getting a bad check. So he doesn't get paid for acting. A lot of other people didn't get paid what they were owed.
Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by oblio on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @04:46AM (#33981663)
Your sibling comment says this:

> Didn't exactly that happen, didn't Tom Brady put his life savings in FTX? :/

Which makes your comment seem funny or sad, depending on how you look at things.

Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by themitigating on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @08:41AM (#33983305)
I'm sure he has a PR person, agent, manager, etc.

So yes it is their responsibility.

Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by l33tman on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @03:57AM (#33981412)
Didn't exactly that happen, didn't Tom Brady put his life savings in FTX? :/