This man is 30 years old and committed fraud on a global scale with open eyes. Please stop calling these company executives "children", distinct from "adults" even if that's how they try to downplay ther own culpability.
Indeed, he seems very culpable. He should be treated and prosecuted as an adult. But he is very childish in his actions and behaviour.
As an adult, especially with his background, it's hard to believe he doesn't actually know.
The Law of Goats applies to the rest: whether you know better or not, you’re still making absolutely boneheaded choices.
It’s an incredibly savvy legal strategy and PR move on his part, because if these are just “incompetent kids” then maybe a jury will believe SBF isn’t actually a dangerous sociopath who was caught stuffing billions of dollars into his pockets.
His parents are abetting this pathetic defense and uncritical journalists are amplifying it with puff pieces like this article.