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. 

siggy47

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.”

What is the Legal Basis for the US imprisioning a non-US citizen like CZ

kepford

Yeah. [This piece](https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/1/24145736/binance-cz-changpeng-zhao-plea-agreement) 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.”