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Fraud is a 2b1.1 crime, so the sentence scales with the "losses" to the victims; you can get +30 levels off that alone, which catapults the sentence into double digits.



It strikes me as a weakness in our system that this is keyed to the $ amount. You can defraud a person of modest means of $50,000 and wipe them out financially; you could defraud some rich people of $2 billion without it impacting them in the slightest. This strongly incentivizes preying on the weak.


It is considered . The levels take into account financial hardship caused to any victim.


I agree, it's a weakness (maybe not for the same reasons you give, but who cares).

Anyways, my prediction is that if SBF is convicted, he is going away for all time.




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