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I think SBF made it too easy and the fact that he has been on a media frenzy trying to play innocent here must be a slap in the face to the AG.

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He seemed to be throwing out the idea there maybe some way to make all the money back and provide restitution. More like a PR ploy IMO.

That didn't work for Shkreli.

If FTX had been allowed to stay profitable and grow with external market makers, it'd be possible to fill the hole, but there wouldn't have been a hole to begin with and that ship has long sailed.

Best bet for an ex-con is to bootstrap a crypto-native company anonymously, or a crypto trading firm. Given how Alameda went, more likely the former, but I suppose that's getting harder too.

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