| Bankman-Fried
Exposed By
Math Camp Gary
While Everdell
Caught in Loop
Like Ghislaine
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
LITERARY SDNY,
Oct 6 -- Sixth day of October
and in the SBF trial Judge
Kaplan was growing angry with
Sam's lawyers.
It happened
during the cross examination
of Gary Wang, who was in his
second day of testimony, with
a third to come.
It had been said
he couldn't speak but here he
was, speaking. And taking Sam
apart.
Gary
explained how Alameda could
trade faster than others on
FTX. (On cross, Everdell try
to ascribe this to not having
to go through CloudFlare).
How Sam lied on
TV and on Twitter, and on
phone calls Gary overheard as
Sam walked around the Bahamas
office in his cargo shorts.
At the end
of the direct, Gary was asked
about his cooperator's deal,
his hope to serve no jail time
at all.
People asked and
Kurt Wheelock answered:
cooperators could still go to
jail. He used the example of
money launderer Gilbert
Armenta in the OneCoin case,
who'd gotten a five year
sentence. Of course, he had
violated his cooperation
agreement, moving to sell his
airplane.
Sam's two
jets were being taken under
forfeiture. Maybe, just maybe,
some of the money would go
back to FTX's
victims.
During
a 15 minute break Kurt ran
across to 40 Foley Square, the
murder trial there. On the way
he passed the crowd of crypto
reporters who'd stepped
outside to use their phones
and laptops as he'd used to
have to do, during the UN
corruption trials of Ng Lap
Seng and then Patrick Ho. Out
in the snow. He
commiserated.
In
Courtroom 318 of 40 Foley
Square, a cooperator was on
the witness stand - and he was
in Essex jail yellow, with
Marshals discretely by his
side. Yes, cooperators can go
to jail. Though this one had
probably only reached out to
snitch AFTER he was in jail.
He didn't get an offer in
advance like Gary and Caroline
and Nishad.
And where
was Sam Trabucco, people kept
asked - and where was Dan F?
There was at least one more
government witness with an
immunity deal. Which one or
who would it be?
Kurt got
back late from 40 Foley, and
missed some of the testimony.
He kicked himself. But all
these other cases couldn't
just be let go. He jumped back
in, with Everdell's repetitive
cross examination. Mr Wang,
you say you met Sam in math
camp --
We have
already heard this, the judge
said. Move on and don't do it
again.
But
Everdell would, again and
again. As he'd done in the
Ghislaine Maxwell trial..
More on the SBF
trial comparisons (Maximum
Ghislaine Maxwell) and parents
on Substack here
More book sample
on Substack here.
Extended on Patreon here.
Book here
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