No because the assets ('money') deposited to SBF were crypto, and you just gamified it by doing a currency exchange to USD while disingenuously failing to note that in that time the USD value of the crypto went up.

If you want an accurate reflection, note how much of the crypto deposited went in, and then how much came back out after SBF lost it.

This would be like me depositing USD, someone stealing some of it, then you bragging the value went up because I have a larger quantity as measured in Venezuelan Bolivars. What actually happened is their % they recouped was less than 100 until you artificially change to an entirely different currency.

Sure, if you believe crypto is a currency.

It’s not super relevant. If you were responsible for managing a property for someone and instead sold it outside your agreed authority and dumped the money into nvidia shares in 2020, you’d still be in trouble with the owner of that property even if the nvidia shares did better in USD terms than the property would have

Yes, which is why SBF is in jail for 25 years.

Ok, I deposit stock shares, you lose 50% of them under the couch, but the stock price goes up 110% so when the government seizes and liquidates your assets I have slightly more cash than the original value of what I deposited. Did you lose me money?

I didn't lose you your stake, I lost you your gains.

Losing the gains put SBF in jail for 25 years. Mothballed original comment was "So I'm thinking the crime would be nothing,".

No, those repayment numbers are what their crypto was worth at time of bankruptcy and interest is nowhere close to what you could have made just doing index fund on top of any damage done since they didn't have the money.

If I stole 1000 bucks from you 3 years ago and repaid 1080 back now, sure, you got some interest, but you still be pretty unhappy with not having access to that money. For some, lack of access to that money could have been extremely damaging.