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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
Actually, I'm going to read a quote from Puck in order to describe how he's illegally contacting people.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
On December 12th, the same day he was arrested in the Bahamas, Bankman Freed emailed FDX Bankruptcy CEO John J. Ray III, offering potentially pertinent information concerning future opportunities and financing for FDX and its creditors, and asked to work constructively with Ray and the Chapter 11 team to do what's best for customers.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
No response.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
Then after his extradition, the crypto mogul sent another email to Ray on December 30th in which he offered advice accessing Alameda funds.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
Still no response.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
Then while being summoned to court in New York, SBF tried Ray again on January 2nd.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
Mr. Ray, I know things haven't gotten off on the right foot, but I really do want to be helpful.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
As I'm guessing you've heard, I'm in NYC for the next day.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
I'd love to meet up while I'm here, even if just to say hi.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
Ray did not take him up on this offer.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
And he has shit.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
He's reached out to several people and it's always like, I just want to help, you know, get as much money as we can for the customers.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
I just want to, you know, help you deal with the confusing aspects of this.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
But it's like you're not supposed to be talking to people when you're in Sam's situation who were involved in the company like this because they're probably going to testify against you.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
Yeah, he really is.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
And in general, Sam has opted to take all of the actions under house arrest that are likeliest to cause stress ulcers in his lawyers.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
In addition to repeatedly contacting FTX employees, he decided to start a sub stack.
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
where he planned to explain how FDA, and it's like, there's that famous line from The Wire, are you taking notes on a criminal conspiracy?
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
But in this case, it's like, are you publishing blog posts about your criminal conspiracy after being indicted?
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CZM Rewind: How Sam Bankman-Fried Conned the Crypto World & The Sam Bankman-Fried Update
Yeah, it's like if Al Capone had started a New York Times column on having people machined gun in alleys after he'd gone away to fucking Alcatraz.