# Sam Bankman convicted 2023-11-02 (was living with parents, then jail). Is BTC and cryptocurrency busted too?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 23, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-bankman-convicted-2023-11-02-was-living-with-parents-then-jail-is-btc-and-cryptocurrency-busted-too/977019 "2022-12-23T20:10:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-bankman-convicted-2023-11-02-was-living-with-parents-then-jail-is-btc-and-cryptocurrency-busted-too/977019/441 "2025-03-17T18:49:02Z")

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> [@Shalmanese](#):
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> mean, if the TC interview scores him a Trump pardon, then it doesn’t matter what punishments the prison is handing out, it’ll all have been worth it.

Yes. He definitely did a risk reward calculation

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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-bankman-convicted-2023-11-02-was-living-with-parents-then-jail-is-btc-and-cryptocurrency-busted-too/977019/442 "2025-03-18T11:58:57Z")

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> [@gnoitall](#):
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> Trump may be able to forgive many things 🤣, but that’s probably not one.

Trump, the guy who pardoned Rod Blagojevich and who is dangling a pardon over Eric Adams’ head? Trump does not give a shit about prior ideology, he just cares that you’re willing to be just as corrupt as he is and he has power over you.

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