His family is willing to pay 250 million just for him to be released, which is enough to show that they have a lot of money (although it could be investors' money). But in my opinion, even in the US, a country that is considered to have strict laws, when you have a lot of money, nothing is impossible to buy.
For a person who knows he is about to receive a high punishment for what he has done, no matter how optimistic he is, it is impossible to be in such a good mood.
It reminds me I was talking weeks ago with an acquaintance about a similar scam in crypto (Celsius). I told him the scam involved too many investors (2 million) and too much money (12$ billion in assets) to end without serious consequences for the individuals involved. Then he expressed a sarcastic smile and told me: someone who steals that sum of money doesn't go to the prison...For a person who knows he is about to receive a high punishment for what he has done, no matter how optimistic he is, it is impossible to be in such a good mood.
And I thought, well, it really makes sense. When you realize what money can buy and what are the connections of those people, you understand there isn't any justice at all. i was talking about Mashinsky, but with Sam Bankman Fried things go even deeper, because he has direct access to the american highest governmental level. His mother was directly attached to Biden's campaign and the democrat party.
These people have the power to say what is right and what is wrong. Unfortunatelly events like this just reveal corruption has rotted the sectors of our socities that should be protecting us from that corruption.
It's a shame his money is paying for his bail. His money and patrimony should be going to his victims' pockets, instead.
