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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by eastbound on Thursday March 28, 2024 @05:50PM (#39857779)
As fuming as I am, there are I think 30 attempts and 7 successes out of 100k males per year? so we still need to prove that it is above average. And above average of the median cryptocurrency owner, because they may have a risk profile too.

And then, yes, trial SBF for each of them as murder on top of embezzlement.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by enaaem on Thursday March 28, 2024 @06:30PM (#39858178)
The problem is that financial distress is a direct cause of suicide. It’s like Sam shooting one of his clients and claim the death rate among his clients is still below the national average.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by kelnos on Friday March 29, 2024 @06:41AM (#39862508)
You don't need to prove that it's above average. You need to prove that they'd still have killed themselves if SBF hadn't defrauded them.

(Well, really, the opposite: you need to prove that their suicide was a direct result of SBF's fraud. And I don't think that's an impossible -- or even difficult -- bar to reach, here.)

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