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No, I'm saying if he took the route of cashing out and going into hiding. He would never talk to his parents/siblings again. Or, they will be in serious legal trouble if he does.

Helping a fugitive evade governments is illegal everywhere.

And even if he goes with the "never talk to his parents/siblings again" route.

It's basically impossible for you to show your face in public anywhere if your son is on the FBI top 10 most wanted list.

It's slightly more palatable if your son is in prison lol.



The counterpoint is people have disappeared and not been caught yet who ran smaller crypto exchanges:

- Ruja Ignatova - disappeared in 2017, $3-4 billion missing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruja_Ignatova

- Gerald Cotten - declared dead in India under mysterious circumstances in 2018, $850 million missing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriga_Fintech_Solutions

- Paul Vernon - disappeared in 2016, rumored to be hiding in China, ~$8 million missing - https://news.bitcoin.com/vanished-cryptsy-ceo-big-vern-order...


Interesting. Yeah idk maybe it is more possible than I thought then.

Maybe I'll try and hop on the next Twitter spaces Sam does and ask him why he decided not to go the international fugitive route.

Or yeah idk. I guess he has strong belief that he can spin the story into an "accident" and get away with 5-10 years of jailtime? That's probably better than spending the rest of your life in hiding.




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