The system is working, and it's working faster than normal!
First, the conspiracy theorists said SBF would never be charged or arrested. Apparently he "bribed" politicians. (But even if that was true, how would one expect a politician to be corrupt enough to be bribed, yet noble enough to stick their neck out to assist a fellow criminal who got caught?)
Then, they said he would not be extradited. Turns out he wanted to be, because being processed through the US justice system was preferable to being in jail in the Bahamas.
Now, they are saying he will somehow manage to escape, even though nobody has an incentive to help him do that, and many people involved have very strong incentives not to help him -- and if he really wanted to go into hiding, he could have done that anytime before he was arrested in the Bahamas.
Once that nonsense is over with and he shows up for his trial, people will claim that sure, SBF will be tried, but he won't be convicted! However, several of his close colleagues have just pleaded guilty to the same kind of crimes he is accused of, which is a very strong indication that they are cooperating with the prosecution and giving them all sorts of information.
If he is convicted, people will say, sure, he was found guilty, but his sentence will just be a slap on the wrist! The same was said about Elizabeth Holmes, and it was wrong.
On the other hand, the non-conspiracy-theorist mind sees the system working the way it is supposed to. Guy commits financial crime. Guy gets charged, arrested, and extradited to the US to stand trial for that crime -- in record time! It normally takes the US government a lot longer to put such a complicated prosecution together.
So, again, the system is working, and it's working faster than normal!
First, the conspiracy theorists said SBF would never be charged or arrested. Apparently he "bribed" politicians. (But even if that was true, how would one expect a politician to be corrupt enough to be bribed, yet noble enough to stick their neck out to assist a fellow criminal who got caught?)
Then, they said he would not be extradited. Turns out he wanted to be, because being processed through the US justice system was preferable to being in jail in the Bahamas.
Now, they are saying he will somehow manage to escape, even though nobody has an incentive to help him do that, and many people involved have very strong incentives not to help him -- and if he really wanted to go into hiding, he could have done that anytime before he was arrested in the Bahamas.
Once that nonsense is over with and he shows up for his trial, people will claim that sure, SBF will be tried, but he won't be convicted! However, several of his close colleagues have just pleaded guilty to the same kind of crimes he is accused of, which is a very strong indication that they are cooperating with the prosecution and giving them all sorts of information.
If he is convicted, people will say, sure, he was found guilty, but his sentence will just be a slap on the wrist! The same was said about Elizabeth Holmes, and it was wrong.
On the other hand, the non-conspiracy-theorist mind sees the system working the way it is supposed to. Guy commits financial crime. Guy gets charged, arrested, and extradited to the US to stand trial for that crime -- in record time! It normally takes the US government a lot longer to put such a complicated prosecution together.
So, again, the system is working, and it's working faster than normal!