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Sam Bankman-Fried thought there was a 5% chance he would be president, Caroline Ellison testified in his trial::Sam Bankman-Fried told Caroline Ellison that he could one day be the US president, she testified on Tuesday.

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[-] NightLily@lemmy.basedcount.com 12 points 1 year ago

My man had an overinflated ego...

[-] dublet@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Worth noting that "con man" is short for "confidence man". Inflated egos help with the confidence needed to trick people out of money.

[-] NightLily@lemmy.basedcount.com 3 points 1 year ago
[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

They are lying you just got conned!

[-] NightLily@lemmy.basedcount.com 5 points 1 year ago
[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

They are lying you just got conned!

[-] NightLily@lemmy.basedcount.com 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the info.

[-] Mamertine@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I think that'd happen to anyone when people are literally handing you billions of dollars.

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