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I'm all for the justice system, but if he's given a slap on the wrist he lost enough of his customer's money I don't think he'd last long... Lesser crypto entrepreneurs who didn't commit fraud have been targeted by PMC groups in westernized nations...

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Do you mean professional managerial class or Wagner?

Like Wagner, I spent some time traveling in South Africa and Chile. It's not uncommon for these groups to be hired to "rubber band" funds from individuals who have defrauded members of the royal family in the UAE etc.

Committing fraud at this scale carries significant risk - founders who have embezzled far less have been targeted by less wealthy adversaries whom they've defrauded.

He admitted in an interview that Bahaman entities were allowed to withdraw after the other customer's withdrawals were frozen because of something to effect of him being afraid of being in a country where very angry powerful people are out to get you.

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