Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced to 90 Months in Prison

Re:Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced to 90 Months i... by cm2187 on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @08:24PM (#40506961)

MIT, hedge funds, politically connected through parents. Outside of what exactly?

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Re:Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced to 90 Months i... by mistrial9 on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:37PM (#40508198)

you forgot to say Stanford University -- synonymous with rule-adherence some claim?

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Re:Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced to 90 Months i... by dboreham on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @08:39PM (#40507045)

Being over 40.

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Re:Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced to 90 Months i... by floor2 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @12:13PM (#40513561)

Well for starters, outside of the US financial regulatory system.

They were operating a shadow bank and unregulated securities exchange in the Bahamas and Hong Kong.

The media and regulators were willing to take a sympathetic view to all of the openly illegal banking and securities violations while times were good, but they were performing a highline act with no safety net the whole time.

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Re:Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced to 90 Months i... by a0986373 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @06:44PM (#40517964)

I am fairly sure you meant highwire act.

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