[ExI] bitcoin again

[Giovanni Santostasi]

The Fried Bankman has not been indicted yet but there are many calls for
investigation from several countries.
The main accusation is fraud.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3748226-senate-democrats-call-for-criminal-investigation-of-ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried/

Again given crypto is considered property stealing property via fraud is a
crime. I mentioned taxes because it is the area where the US government
expressed clearly its stance towards this type of asset. But this doesn't
mean that he will be prosecuted because of some tax violation.









On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 4:21 PM Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 at 11:04, spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> *…*> *On Behalf Of *Giovanni Santostasi via extropy-chat
>> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] bitcoin again
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>> Spike,
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>> >…There is a ton of evidence that the US threatens crypto as an asset not
>> necessarily money but definitely valuable assets…
>> >…So the lawyers in the case you created should not mention BTC as a
>> money but as property that can be stolen and therefore accusing Bankman to
>> be a thief.
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>> Giovanni
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>> Ja thanks for the clarification Giovanni.  Note that I am not saying what
>> I think should happen, but rather what I think will happen.  I think
>> Bankman Fried is a thief but not necessarily a tax code violator.  With
>> that clarification, I stand with my prediction: Bankman Fried will not be
>> prosecuted in criminal court but rather in tax court.
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> Is there any evidence FTX did not pay the taxes they legally had to pay?
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