Sam might be co-operating with 'law-enforcement'
https://twitter.com/stephendpalley/status/1314563033197350912?s=20 +thread
Looks like Bitmex's CTO was arrested, a lawyer from Latham appeared for him, bond set @ $5 mm, w/ $500k cash, & released after processing, all on 10/1, the day of his first appearance. Fairly lenient conditions of release too.
Gotta believe he's cooperating or will do so.
Maybe yes, maybe no. I would not jump to such conclusions from—what, a wealthy man with a wealthy-man’s lawyer put up bail that really seems
excessive to me? Show of hands: Who here could even
think about putting up $500,000 cash on the spot,
and taking on a $4,500,000 debt from a lender who will literally send bounty hunters after you if you flee? It is a lot of bail money!
He’s not alleged to be a violent criminal; and he is probably in general a law-abiding individual with a decent reputation. That would make for “lenient conditions of release” (not otherwise described here).
What, do folks
expect that even an American judge would make the man just rot in prison awaiting trial, when he posted more money for bail than most people ever see in their whole lives, and he is probably not much of a risk?
Dashed off in haste, for there is just way too much of Internet jumping-to-conclusions in this case (as any high-publicity case discussed on the Internet).
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