Caroline Ellison sentenced to two years in FTX crypto fraud
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Ellison testified as a star witness against her ex-boyfriend and FTX's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.

Caroline Ellison has been sentenced to two years in jail for her role in the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which has been described as one of biggest financial frauds in US history.

Ellison was a top executive at the firm and is also the ex-girlfriend of its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8bn (£6.3bn) from customers.

As part of a plea deal, Ellison admitted charges including wire fraud and money laundering, and testified against Bankman-Fried.

    • LuciEnglish
      92·
      3 months ago

      It usually is

      • Beefy-Tootz@lemmy.world
        13·
        3 months ago

        It most definitely is, but I understand that. I haven’t personally defrauded people or tried to start a weird harem cult with a bunch of horned up crypto bros. I’m an asshole, yeah, and I understand that makes me undesirable. I just feel like morally, she’s shittier than I am

        • LuciEnglish
          10·
          3 months ago

          You haven’t started one yet

        • MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world
          69·
          3 months ago

          It most definitely is, but I understand that. I haven’t personally defrauded people or tried to start a weird harem cult with a bunch of horned up crypto bros. I’m an asshole, yeah, and I understand that makes me undesirable. I just feel like morally, she’s shittier than I am

          This could be one of the lamest attempts to bail one’s self out that I’ve ever seen.

          And to think she was allegedly getting more play than I have my whole life. Bizarre

          You should have just deleted your original comment, as you know exactly what dig you were making, and that it had absolutely nothing to do with differences in ethics.

          Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.

          • Beefy-Tootz@lemmy.world
            42·
            3 months ago

            I feel you’re implying that I was insulting her looks. It’s a fair assumption, but it’s incorrect. Insulting her appearance is shallow and lazy and she has limited control over her looks, besides, I would be inadvertently insulting anyone else who happens to look like her. I am insulting her personality. She’s a vile person who treats people like garbage, that can be seen through her messages and posts that got exposed through this whole ordeal.

            • MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world
              32·
              3 months ago

              I’m implying nothing.

              telling you exactly that your original comment is you taking a shot at her based on her looks. Absolutely no one is buying your alternate explanation.

              Your attempt to backpedal from it makes you look even more weak than your original comment.

              All of this easily overshadows your unprompted declaration that you don’t get laid much.

      • 11111one11111@lemmy.world
        210·
        3 months ago

        Na it’s always a case of dick too big

        edit: lol damn I guess I needed to include the “/s” for people to know my comment was satirical 😂🍻

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 months ago

      Idk hers is really bad.

      The big thing is she found her people. Weird losers who were into a crypto securities crime polycule, but hey, that’s who she was and who she was interested in.