Man, this guy really knows how to cash in on early tech investments.
Here’s what I’m thinking:
If SBF promises to pay back (part of) the debts owed to all those creditors over the next 20 years,
would the creditors agree to cut him some slack and submit a pardon request to the relevant authorities—like the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the U.S. Parole Commission (USPC), the U.S. Probation Office, or even President Trump?
Could this lead to SBF getting released under some regulatory terms?
The real question is: Is SBF bold enough to make such a promise?
And would the creditors actually believe he has the chops to pay it back?
If I were one of the creditors, I’d say I believe he can.
I think SBF has learned from his past mistakes and will come out stronger.
Rather than locking him up doing nothing, why not push him to work harder than ever? That’s the kind of punishment I can get behind.
Having SBF “work his butt off to pay debts” is definitely better than wasting a brilliant mind with a keen investment sense.
It’s way better than just tossing him in a cell to rot.
I’m not trying to whitewash @SBF_FTX here; misusing funds from exchange users is wrong, and wrong is wrong—he should pay the price.
But making him sit in jail is a total waste with no output.
Might as well recycle the talent.
#SBF #SBFFTX