Sam Bankman-Fried, the former crypto mogul who was convicted of defrauding investors by secretly diverting billions of dollars of their money, asked the Supreme Court on Thursday for a new trial and to throw out a court order requiring him to pay $11 billion as part of his sentence.
The only way he’s getting out is if he squirreled enough money away to pay for a presidential pardon or commutation. The sliding scale for pardons right now is probably pretty steep for bankman here.