After
SBF 25 Years
Caroline
Ellison Asked
for No Jail
Time Gets 2
Years Minimum
Security
by
Matthew Russell Lee
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 24 – On the US v Sam
Bankman-Fried trial, hours
after the guilty verdict, a
book was published: "Crypto
Criminal: The Conviction of
Sam Bankman-Fried: As live
tweeted and investigated from
inside the SDNY courthouse by
Matthew Russell Lee,"
audio/book here.
On March
28, 2024, Inner City Press
live tweeted his sentencing,
to 25 years.
On September
9 cooperator
Caroline Ellison's
counsel filed
a letter
that "Ms.
Ellison seeks
leave to
redact the
names of certain
people. Counsel
for the
government
consents to
this request." Document on
Patreon here.
Late on September
9 Inner City
Press submitted
opposition to
sealing. Judge
Kaplan docketed the
filing on September
10. See here and,
on DocumentCloud,
here.
If
SBF's suretors were
unsealed, how
not these
eigth
supporters?
Just
before
midnight on
September
10 Ellison's
lawyers filed
a 60+ page
memo, with
redactions,
asking for...
no jail time,
time served.
Filing on
Patreon here.
On September
17, amid the
Sean Combs
detention
hearing, the
US Attorney's
Office filed
that "the
Government
intends to
move at
sentencing,
pursuant to
Section 5K1.1 of
the U.S.
Sentencing
Guidelines(the
“Guidelines”
or
“U.S.S.G.”),
that the Court
sentence
Ellison in
light of the
factors set
forth in
Section
5K1.1(a) of
the
Guidelines."
Letter on
Patreon here.
On
September 24
after praise
from the AUSA
and Judge, Ellison
was sentenced
to 24
months,
minimum security.
Watch
this site.
More on X for
Subscribers
here, Substack here
This
case is US v.
Bond,
24-cr-494 (Daniels)
We'll have more
on this.
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