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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by JackFr on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:03PM (#38123466)
With or without testifying he cut a remarkably unlikeable figure. Smug, aloof, arrogant and condescending, honestly much more so than a typical white collar defendant. I suppose his fatal flaw, though was not having anyone else to blame.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by tw04 on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:31PM (#38123684)
>though was not having anyone else to blame.

Oh, he definitely had people to blame, like the FTX lawyers, it’s just that he got caught lying or dancing around the truth so frequently that nobody would believe him.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by StressedDev on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:23PM (#38124079)
You hit the nail on the head here. Here is a list of some of the people he blamed for his fraud/downfall:

1. Binance / CZ (Binance's CEO)

2. Caroline Ellison

3. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (https://www.sullcrom.com/)

4. John Ray III (FTX's bankruptcy CEO)

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by polygamous_bat on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:51PM (#38123844)
> Smug, aloof, arrogant and condescending, honestly much more so than a typical white collar defendant.

At least he wasn’t playing League of Legends on the stand. That’s a small win, I guess?

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by polynomial on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:05PM (#38123937)
Where is Dan Friedberg during all this?
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