How can SBF ever be convicted now? Even if he spends just 10% of that in legal fees (220m), he will be able to have a legal team no government can match. He can afford to have countless mock trials and to approach countless expert witnesses before finding one that aligns with him (e.g. an expert that portrays him as ignorant rather than criminal).
And these are just the legal methods to obstruct justice with 2.2B. If he is willing to stray to the illegal side, he can also just straight up pay people an unspeakable sum to testify for him. Perjury only has a sentence of several years.
Heck, he can even offer to return or donate the 2.2B (assuming only he knows where it is) in exchange of a lighter sentence. Will any government refuse that offer? 2.2B is the wage of thousands of people for 10 years.
No one with a personal wealth of more than 2B at the time of arrest has ever served a single day in jail in the United States. People only go to jail if they have lost their billions.
Your understanding of the judicial system is off. All prediction markets estimate he'll be away decades. If you're confident in your assessment, you can make a lot of money.
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How can SBF ever be convicted now? Even if he spends just 10% of that in legal fees (220m), he will be able to have a legal team no government can match. He can afford to have countless mock trials and to approach countless expert witnesses before finding one that aligns with him (e.g. an expert that portrays him as ignorant rather than criminal). And these are just the legal methods to obstruct justice with 2.2B. If he is willing to stray to the illegal side, he can also just straight up pay people an unspeakable sum to testify for him. Perjury only has a sentence of several years.
Heck, he can even offer to return or donate the 2.2B (assuming only he knows where it is) in exchange of a lighter sentence. Will any government refuse that offer? 2.2B is the wage of thousands of people for 10 years.
No one with a personal wealth of more than 2B at the time of arrest has ever served a single day in jail in the United States. People only go to jail if they have lost their billions.
Your understanding of the judicial system is off. All prediction markets estimate he'll be away decades. If you're confident in your assessment, you can make a lot of money.