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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by opportune on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:01PM (#38123444)
Man, I'm low on sleep and making mistakes. I misunderstood the cooperation agreement[0] to mean she would only be prosecuted for criminal tax violations. I see now she has plead guilty to fraud though [1].

[0] https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23495436/crypto-coope...

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/21/caroline-...

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by JackFr on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:13PM (#38123545)
> "the defendant will not be further prosecuted criminally by this Office for any crimes, except for criminal tax violations"

That has nothing to do with her sentencing and is typical of any plea agreement. I’m not going to plead guilty to crimes without the guarantee that you’ll not charge me with more. What would be the point of pleading guilty then?

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by opportune on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:15PM (#38123561)
You're right, I was just editing my comment as you posted that. I'm going to go be quiet now lol.
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