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Re:CoinDesk, Inc. Files Motion to Unseal Names of SBF's Addi... by xxpor on Friday January 13, 2023 @04:46PM (#34374330)
They don't know. If they found out (via a leak, not via doing something explicitly illegal themselves like hacking), they would be allowed to publish the name even with the current court order. Basic 1st amendment precedent.
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Re:CoinDesk, Inc. Files Motion to Unseal Names of SBF's Addi... by londons_explore on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:02PM (#34374509)
Kinda odd that they care so much then - like it's probably just some rich friends of SBF who were happy to put money up for an old friend, but didn't want their names plastered all over the news.
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Re:CoinDesk, Inc. Files Motion to Unseal Names of SBF's Addi... by tedunangst on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:12PM (#34374628)
Isn't the point of journalism to find out what's happening instead of making assumptions about what's probably happening?
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Re:CoinDesk, Inc. Files Motion to Unseal Names of SBF's Addi... by xxpor on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:11PM (#34374606)
Can't know until you find out though.
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Re:CoinDesk, Inc. Files Motion to Unseal Names of SBF's Addi... by adamsmith143 on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:11PM (#34374609)
Old friend? The guys 20-something. How does he have "old friends" that can spring $250M for him overnight?
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Re:CoinDesk, Inc. Files Motion to Unseal Names of SBF's Addi... by acrispino on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:51PM (#34375010)
He's out on a personal recognizance bond. Nobody put up $250M
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Re:CoinDesk, Inc. Files Motion to Unseal Names of SBF's Addi... by jimscard on Saturday January 14, 2023 @01:57AM (#34377939)
That’s exactly what’s at the core of the request — if it was some rich friends of SBF, maybe they’d be happy to gift him the money — but the requirement is that the invidividuals providing the sureity be sufficiently at arm’s length that they would be able to influence him not to flee - so that they could get their money back.

For all we know at this point, they could be co-conspirators.

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