Posted on 12/21/2022 6:44:20 PM PST by NautiNurse
Not Paywalled:
FTX co-founder Gary Wang and former Alameda Research co-CEO Caroline Ellison both pleaded guilty to federal charges in the Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a message Wednesday.
Wang pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Ellison pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The charges were released the same night that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was en route from the Bahamas to New York, where he faces eight federal criminal charges from the same prosecutors who accepted plea deals from Ellison and Wang. The duo’s plea agreements were signed on Monday, the day that Bankman-Fried was originally supposed to return to the U.S. before a court hearing in the Bahamas devolved into chaos.
With a bath and bit of makeup, she’d clean up real nice for the ladies awaiting her at whatever federal institution they send her to.
Caroline will get a slap on the wrist or Club Fed for a short while.
Exactly. Gensler told her to roll. Selective testimony. Not thing against Marxists/Dems.
Another thought - this could really backfire on FIB/CAI /DNC.
Sam will see he’s going down and start singing himself. He could do a lot of damage if he tells what really is going on with Ukraine money and Dem contributions.
They are moving fast to shut Sam up and get him to cop a plea to protect from testimony about Dem Marxists and their FIB handlers.
Anyone here think DOJ is angry about all the stealing?
Of course not.
Life threatening times for SBF.
Well, she's got HSV 1&2 so that tends to "dispel" any sane person.
“There was a thread on this site some weeks ago, and I promise you a FReeper said she was cute.”
But has Laz ever said otherwise?
I was thinking just the opposite. Now that he’s been saved from his barbaric conditions and feels better, he won’t say much at all.
The bitcoin fanboys keep saying all the money can be tracked...because ya know...blockchain....
When the money is not tracked that will be the final blow to the bitcoin ponzi scams.
All that money and she couldn’t buy a bottle of shampoo?
An interesting tidbit from coindesk:
“Ellison will be permitted bail, provided she can provide a $250,000 personal recognizance bond and restrict travel to the continental United States. She will also need to surrender any travel documents she has.
The plea deal also contains language that says if Ellison is not a U.S. citizen, it is very likely that her removal from the U.S. will be mandatory. It is assumed that Ellison is a U.S. national, but it is unclear if she might have abandoned her nationality for a citizenship of convenience for tax reasons which is a popular trend among some crypto traders living abroad, as the U.S. taxes non-residents.”
Ellison’s plea agreement has been unsealed
https://s3.documentcloud.org/docume...ea-agreement-inner-city-press-on-the-case.pdf
She must be ready to sing like a bird because this is a very friendly plea agreement for her. $250,000 bail, her surrender of travel documents and a forfeiture of assets. Basically a waiving of charges except fro criminal tax violations if she fully cooperates.
The agreement states that if Ellison fully cooperates with the SDNY’s investigation, as well as any other law enforcement agency designated by the office, she won’t be further prosecuted criminally except for possible criminal tax violations with regard to the wire and commodity fraud charges that resulted from commingling funds between FTX and Alameda accounts.
EXACTLY
They do not want the public world to see the smoke & mirrors behind CRYPTO.
How can a person get a deduction for a ‘charity donation’ with money that was earned by another person-—further back in the chain?????
Bad pdf link.
48% of that age group population is infected.
So it would definitely reduce the playing field.
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