BoneChillin'ColdDec 13, 2022
Kendra Albert
My non-legal advice: if your actions facially meet the elements of the crime in the group chat name, change the group chat name. https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/ftx-s-inner-circle-had-a-secret-chat-group-called-wirefraud-20221213-p5c5sx (h/t @mmasnick )
FTX’s inner circle had a secret chat group called ‘Wirefraud’

The revelation comes as founders Sam Bankman-Fried faces a hearing.

Australian Financial Review
Dec 12, 2022 at 11:28pmWeb
Show threadDavid SchraubDec 13, 2022

@kendraserra @mmasnick This reminds me of a client I once had who was appealing his conviction for being a drug kingpin. Among his many problems was the fact that the feds had him on wiretap loudly telling his co-conspirators that "I am a drug kingpin!"

(We lost our appeal).

Show threadKen WhiteDec 13, 2022
@kendraserra @mmasnick Siggghhhhh. So long Mann Act Team
Show threadGriff Ferrell calckeyDec 13, 2022
@Popehat @kendraserra @mmasnick ​​
Show threadTown vs. Beagle KillerDec 13, 2022
@kendraserra 🤣🤣
Show threadMolly WhiteDec 13, 2022

@kendraserra @mmasnick

"Not Wirefraud", got it

Show threadLuis VillaDec 14, 2022
@molly0xfff @kendraserra within minutes of this headline my law school alumni group signal was “not wirefraud” and it wasn’t even me. Good job, chat, well done.
Show threadErin SpacemuseumDec 14, 2022
@luis_in_brief @molly0xfff @kendraserra don't forget the wink emoji, it's a crucial part of making sure everyone knows how not wire fraud the groupchat is
Show threadRuss CopelandDec 13, 2022
@kendraserra @mmasnick note to self,,, avoid pothead's are us user group.
Show threadDirk HohndelDec 13, 2022
@kendraserra
Alternatively, consider not doing the crime... (Ok, I guess I'm getting carried away here)
@mmasnick @Popehat
Show threadMa’íí TsohDec 13, 2022

@kendraserra @mmasnick

🫢😳🤣

Show threadNLAWScametovisitDec 13, 2022
@kendraserra @mmasnick counterpoint: As an investigator, please continue to clearly label your crimes.
Show threadMichael SmithDec 13, 2022
@kendraserra @mmasnick I’ve tried a couple of cases alleging wire fraud. This is not a good fact.
Show threadRob LoftisDec 13, 2022

@kendraserra @mmasnick

People always say it's unrealistic how villains explain their plans in movies. But really, it happens all the time.

Show threadTor Iver WilhelmsenDec 13, 2022
@robhelpychalk @kendraserra @mmasnick what is the fun in making an elaborate plan if you cannot tell everybody about it?
Show threadOrsonZeddDec 13, 2022
@kendraserra @mmasnick a little on the nose, isn't it?
Show threadberkeleyfarmDec 13, 2022
@kendraserra @mmasnick ohhhhh myyyy
Show threadMeredithDec 13, 2022
@kendraserra @mmasnick just like as a general rule of crime….errr….crime rule. Listen to the crime rules, people!
Show threadTofu GolemDec 13, 2022

@kendraserra @mmasnick
People who knew nothing about FTX knew that cryptocurrency is a scam.

Kind of like alchemy. Newton likely caused his own death from lead poisoning while trying to turn lead into gold. Plenty of his contemporaries avoided similar deaths by noticing how idiotic many of the arguments of alchemy were (e.g. wanting infinite gold/life doesn't make you greedy)

Show threadSuzanne PaleyDec 13, 2022
@kendraserra @mmasnick So you're saying that when my husband writes checks to his friends and writes "Illegal drug transaction" in the memo field, he should consider refraining from that for any transactions that do in fact involve illegal drugs?
Show threadGreg MoritzDec 13, 2022

@kendraserra @mmasnick

I feel like Stringer Bell covered this awhile back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBdGOrcUEg8

Criminal Conspiracy Notes

YouTube
Show threadTodd MxyzptlkDec 14, 2022
@kendraserra @mmasnick 😂😂😂 of course