LegalEagle's breakdown: how Sam Bankman-Fried's defense crumbled in court

Originally published at: Crypto Mogul's Fall from Grace Explained

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It turns out that Bankman’s and Fried’s Very Special Boy wasn’t the disheveled fintech quant genius he presented himself as to the press but just another swindler who couldn’t con a judge and jury.

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It really doesn’t help that saying “I don’t recall” isn’t any sort of a defense when the prosecutor comes with all the appropriate receipts. (But it does make for some hilarious reading of court transcripts.)

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You can bullshit your scam to the average idiot, but it is a lot harder in court.

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