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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by jraines on Thursday November 02, 2023 @09:33PM (#38123223)
Not sure about the others but I don’t think Ellison is walking. Her reward for cooperation was just a letter to the sentencing judge noting her cooperation.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by opportune on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:02PM (#38123456)
Not true. The prosecution agreed to only pursue criminal tax violations. See my other comment.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by phire on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:30PM (#38123675)
She pled guilty to 7 counts. 1 Count of actual wire fraud and 6 counts of various "Conspiracy to commit wire fraud, commodes fraud, securities fraud and money laundering". They have a total maximum sentence of 110 years.

Prosecution agreed to not pursue any additional charges, except perhaps criminal tax violations.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by JackFr on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:15PM (#38123559)
IANAL, but I think you misunderstand her plea agreement.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by compiler-guy on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:56PM (#38124308)
The plea deal also includes the prosecution electing to charge her with much lesser crimes than they otherwise could.
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