Comment on Why didn't SBF flee?
theKalash@feddit.ch 6 months agoHe was an MIT grad in physics and minor in math, his girlfriend was a mathmatician too. Clearly he must be intelligent.
Yes, depending on how hard he worked, properly a bit above average. But really it doesn’t say much.
I would assume that he would be smart enough to funnel money out to secret untraceable accounts
Why? As you said he graduated in physics and maths. That seems more like something a lawyers or economists would know about.
But I agree. He should have been smart enough to at least hire someone to help him with that.
AnarchistsForDemocracy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And he could have just copied what other rich folks do. He didn’t have to reinvent the wheel.
JoBo@feddit.uk 6 months ago
He did do what other rich folk do. Based himself in a tax haven and, initially, tried to challenge extradition.
Not many rich folk end up on trial. But even fewer end up absconding with their cash, never to be seen again. He is the normal kind of rich folk: he assumed he would get away with it because he is a born-rich kid who has never faced a consequence in his life.
agent_flounder@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There is a difference between rich and powerful,perfectly illustrated by comparing this guy to any number of rich assholes who should be in jail but aren’t.
JoBo@feddit.uk 6 months ago
That’s true but it’s more than fair to say that SBF was powerful. He wasn’t donating to the GOP and Dems for shits and giggles, yaknow?