Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison in 2015, given ‘full and unconditional’ pardon by president
  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Why though?

    I mean, who is looking at this and calling it an injustice?

    Side note: does he get his bitcoin wallet back?

    • CitricBase@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Side note: does he get his bitcoin wallet back?

      Dude was deep into Bitcoin back when it was less than a dollar. If he diversified and stashed just a fraction of his holdings, he might now be one of the richest people on the planet.

      Who says crime doesn’t pay? :/

      • Eezyville@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Of course they do. This is how they cope with anything Trump related. They come up with conspiracy theories.

        • Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works
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          2 months ago

          Kodak black paid 2mil for a pardon the first time. This is highly likely to be true, you are either uniformed, a bot, or in on the grift.

          • Eezyville@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            2 months ago
            1. How did he pay all that money while in prison?
            2. Where are you getting your facts about Ross from besides your ass?
              • Eezyville@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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                2 months ago

                This is incredibly stupid. Prison officials will do everything they can to prevent an inmate from moving around assets for VERY OBVIOUS reasons. But, after thinking about it, it may not be so obvious for this echo chamber so let me explain the obvious.

                You are an inmate in prison. You made millions doing your illegal thing while free but you hare now doing hard time. You don’t like hard time, you want easy or no time. How do you make your life better while in prison. Wait, you have millions. You’ll just use that money to have your way with the guards and prison system. Guard giving you trouble? Use your assets that you’ve amassed to “get rid of them”.

                The prison system has protocols and processes in place to prevent all inmates from being able to control any assets they have on the outside. This prevents them from committing further crimes, exerting influence, or running an enterprise (criminal or legal) while incarcerated.