Wasn't it? I am going to refer the SBF truthers to this in future conversations.

Scoresby

SBF continues to believe he is innocent. His argument is, effectively, that **being the best investor of his generation excuses stealing the principal to invest.** That is not a defense in U.S. law, and 

 charges fundamentally the same conduct (misappropriating money and crypto investors had on deposit at FTX) under a variety of statutory pathways, including 

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Politics_And_Law

Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud - patio11

This is an sbf beauty, @Scoresby 

> SBF continues to believe he is innocent. His argument is, effectively, that \*\*being the best investor of his generation excuses stealing the principal to invest.\*\* That is not a defense in U.S. law, and [the indictment](https://media.kalzumeus.com/bam/splc/SDNY-sam-bankman-fried-indictment.pdf) charges fundamentally the same conduct (misappropriating money and crypto investors had on deposit at FTX) under a variety of statutory pathways, including [18 USC §1343](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1343) (wire fraud), [§1344](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1344) (bank fraud), and [§1956](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1956) (money laundering conspiracy).