Sam Bankman-Fried has about 10 billion reasons to try and sneak off and run to Dubai. The problem he might have is being inconspicuous with his non-stop twitching and curly locks that make him pretty recognizable.
After being sprung on a $250 million bond to his Stanford parents, including his mother, who published a paper singing the praises of the lack of personal accountability, SBF is hanging out with the rents as he waits for his federal trial on multiple felony fraud charges.
For a guy accused of essentially stealing, oh wait, “misplacing” over a billion dollars, isn’t it realistic to think he might be plotting a way to make himself disappear?
The disgraced crypto king seems like the poster child for a flight risk. So to hopefully make sure that doesn’t happen, security cameras were being installed by a private security company outside his mom and dad’s house in Palo Alto.
If he tries to run, hopefully the camera will pick him up. He also is sporting an ankle monitor that tracks his every move. And he’s not allowed to leave the house except for exercise and substance abuse treatment. Another term is that he can’t make non-sanctioned payments over $1,000. Except for legal fees, and with his team of lawyers he’ll need for a defense, $1,000 might get him 15 minutes with them.
SBF is facing 115 years in prison. His next court appearance is set for January 3. He should be there, assuming he doesn’t dodge the video cameras, cut his ankle monitor, and run for Kazakhstan.
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