Ftx Whistleblower Caroline Ellison Set for Early Release Next Month
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The impending early release of Caroline Ellison, a key figure in the FTX debacle, has sparked a heated debate about the justice system's treatment of white-collar crime. Some commenters, like tptacek, see her lenient sentence as a reflection of her cooperation, while others, such as skullone, argue that it highlights the lack of real penalties for the wealthy who commit massive fraud. As rasz pointed out, Ellison's role as a "whistleblower" is disputed, with some arguing she was merely a cooperative defendant rather than a true whistleblower. The discussion reveals a complex and contentious issue, with some, like JumpCrisscross, countering that Ellison's consequences – including being penniless and banned from executive roles – are not insignificant.
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She’s a felon, banned “from holding executive roles in public or crypto companies,” penniless and probably fighting lawsuits for the rest of her life.
> suspected that Floyd had used a counterfeit $20 bill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd#Murder
Why you want to remains a mystery to me.
Who has been prosecuted for stealing $20?
Judging by how Alemeda research was provided with as much money as they wanted with zero interest rate attached and she still ran the company into the ground, I don't think the ban will hurt her too much.
No one is going to trust her to run a Baskin Robbins, much less put her in a role with any responsibility now.
So you can hold an executive role in a wholly owned private subsidiary of a public company, or hold a role in a Cayman Island company instead of a US company and have the Cayman entity buy the US entity. Rules like this don't actually do anything.
This is… an interesting spin.
> She has agreed to a 10-year ban from holding executive roles in public or crypto companies.
Yeah, I don’t think this will be hard for her. Anyone involved in FTX is radioactive. Whoever negotiated this for her as a concession is brilliant.
That's the classic AI photo issue where "man looking at the moon" is a man looking at the camera with the moon behind him.
The title image is AI and presumably the text is AI generated, this appears to be true for everything on that website. Just 100%, everything AI generated, likely zero human oversight and fully automated.
And it even has auto translation which turns the whole page into literal nonsense, but surely looks good for SEO.
Sites like this have literally zero value for all society and shouldn't exist let alone make money for the owners.
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> She was also known to have briefly dated FTX CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried ...
> During her plea hearing, the court noted that she expressed genuine remorse for her actions, which the judge acknowledged as substantial ...
> Ellison’s testimony was considered a key turning point in securing Bankman-Fried’s conviction on all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy.
Did her family pay someone to publish this article?