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629 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 3 May \ on: What is the Legal Basis for the US imprisioning a non-US citizen like CZ meta

I'm pretty sure that they indicted him for actions that "took place" in the US through the binance US corporation. Binance US required KYC/AML from customers, but it was lax. I know this was an issue, but I'm not certain the actual charges stemmed from that. Regarding his arrest, I found it very strange that he voluntarily surrendered. CZ wasn't shy about disappearing by switching his locale over the years. In this case he just voluntarily came to the US to surrender. It seemed suspicious to me. A deal may have been worked out in advance re leniency. In retrospect it sure looks that way. Four months in a US federal prison is not exactly hard time. I feel like stuff happened here that we'll never be made aware of.

570 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 3 May

It's all a setup, smoke and mirrors to scare the shit out of normies, to slow down buying more bitcoin. It's all related, from Mt.Gox --> Silk Road --> Bitfinex --> Samourai --> Roger Ver --> Binance --> etc.

You will see later. 2024 will be a very interesting year. This just started.

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 3 May

I tend to agree @DarthCoin. Its connected

263 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 3 May

Yeah. This piece has this quote in it:

But during his hearing, I was struck by repeated references to a sealed matter that was a mitigating factor on sentencing and significant emphasis on the word “cooperation.”

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 3 May

Aha!!! This is the first I heard of this. It's kind of ominous if you ask me. I hope it involves some Russian oligarch rather than a prominent bitcoiner. Someone is getting thrown under the bus.

131 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 4 May

I agree 💯. CZ is worth an Oligarch now and his casual surrender to US definitely gives rise to lot of suspicion about US 'law black market'. This only shows that 'equality before the law is just a myth'.

108 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 3 May

Thanks, makes sense to me. I forgot about him surrendering. You often hear about deals being made. The state can make your life suck if they want to.

I've just been thinking about all those people I know that falsely believe the US state is not an empire. Sure seems like the evidence is to the contrary. Seems like the US has a long arm that reached into any nation state that hasn't stood up to them.

54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 4 May

He made a deal that was lenient for prison time and he paid a large fine.

I wonder if he can get a job in the future because of his criminal record lol