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An internal actor seems more likely to me, but who knows?

The FBI et al are very good at surveillance. I doubt anyone close enough to SBF to be part of a criminal conspiracy would be unknown to the FBI or not under surveillance at this point.

> would be unknown to the FBI

Being _known_ by the FBI doesn’t stop crime or terror attacks. More often than not when something big happens the FBI was already tipped off, an investigation started and then somehow someway the crime/attack/incident still happens.

they are good enough that afik maybe six or so hackers out of hundreds since 2013 or so have been caught. So not so good.

How many of those were conspiring together with a suspect already arrested and in custody?

As in an FTX staff member?

Yes

If someone is willing to steal from their customers and injure innocent, random public, then it seems like a small character epsilon to also steal from their employer and its investors.

You mean you think it's FBI officers, like in the Ross Ulbright case?

No i don't think he means that at all.

In the Ross Ulbright case the FBI got the bitcoin and then the two FBI agents stole it.

In the FTX case the crypto was taken from the exchange in the days before it declared bankruptcy so the FBI was not invovled.

Not sure where you read that they were. Can you provide a source for that?

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