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2022-12-13 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas

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Posted by Frank G 2022-12-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 One day before he was supposed to sing like a canary before Congress about his Dem co-conspirators!

Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2022-12-13 00:12|| 2022-12-13 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 He looks suicidal.

Posted by Airandee 2022-12-13 06:49|| 2022-12-13 06:49|| Front Page Top

#3 And the rest of them?

Their silence is deafening: Stars including Gisele and Tom, Larry David and Shaquille O'Neal who took SBF's cash to advertise his doomed FTX crypto exchange say nothing as he's arrested and charged

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-13 07:03|| 2022-12-13 07:03|| Front Page Top

#4 He really should have a Myocarditis exam.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-13 07:11|| 2022-12-13 07:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Kevin "Mr. Wonderful" O'Leary of the Sharktank was in investor in this also.

He admits to being duped and not having done due diligence.

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-12-13 07:25|| 2022-12-13 07:25|| Front Page Top

#6 also some of the other execs at FTX are rumored to be negotiating a plea agreement

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-12-13 07:31|| 2022-12-13 07:31|| Front Page Top

#7 This comment is not intended as disparagement of anyone with a legitimate diagnosis

This guy is going to claim he's "on the spectrum" and did not think he was doing anything wrong. And some federal judge will agree.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-13 07:50|| 2022-12-13 07:50|| Front Page Top

#8 We all know where this is going. There will very likely be a Federal bailout.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-13 07:51|| 2022-12-13 07:51|| Front Page Top

#9 Guess the guy won't testify.

Democrat Mega-Donor SBF Arrested Hours Before Facing Questions from Congress

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-13 08:08|| 2022-12-13 08:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Fallen crypto king due for House GOP grilling on recordkeeping — if arrest doesn't block testimony

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-13 08:43|| 2022-12-13 08:43|| Front Page Top

#11 Poster boy candidate for Epsteinization.

Posted by Warthog 2022-12-13 08:55|| 2022-12-13 08:55|| Front Page Top

#12 ...or a Seth Rich treatment from an 'angry' investor.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-12-13 09:26|| 2022-12-13 09:26|| Front Page Top

#13 FTX used Quickbooks for their accounting software. Quickbooks is fine for small businesses; not so much for billion dollar corporations.

Posted by Raj 2022-12-13 10:11|| 2022-12-13 10:11|| Front Page Top

#14 ^ Intuit is a woke corporation. The data will be "lost."

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-13 10:26|| 2022-12-13 10:26|| Front Page Top

#15 It will be funny when the justice department only presses charges on FTX Campaign Donations to Republicans.

Posted by airandee 2022-12-13 10:47|| 2022-12-13 10:47|| Front Page Top

#16 Yet another "brazen" act to show the contempt for the people they "serve" by the Puppet Show and Jojo Inc! The timing is an intentional and obvious message, with a paper-thin veneer of coincidence for the MSM to hide behind.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-12-13 13:06|| 2022-12-13 13:06|| Front Page Top

#17 And some federal judge will agree.

So, house arrest in the Bahamas?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-13 21:44|| 2022-12-13 21:44|| Front Page Top

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