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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years by kemayo on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:01PM (#39853196)
...didn't the Silk Road guy (which is what I assume you're referencing) also hire assassins to attack his criminal-enterprise opponents?
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years by mypastself on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:11PM (#39853426)
Was he convicted of that?
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years by TinyRick on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:13PM (#39853467)
No, he was not convicted of that, only accused.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years by Jerrrry on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:07PM (#39853335)
He "hired" an FBI agent to kill another (non existing) FBI agent after being extorted and lied to by an FBI agent.

But keep repeating the "truth" til it becomes facts.

Remember the autistic kids that get set up by the FBI?

That, but virtually.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years by icapybara on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:12PM (#39853434)
Maybe I’m misunderstanding but are you suggesting that because he unknowingly hired a fake assassin, it’s not as bad of a crime?
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years by kemayo on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:16PM (#39853517)
I mean, the transcripts don't look great even if it turns out that he was actually talking to a FBI agent who never actually did anything about it:

> Dread Pirate Roberts 3/31/2013 8:59: Don't want to be a pain here, but the price seems high. Not long ago, I had a clean hit done for $80k. Are the prices you quoted the best you can do?

https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-bos...

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