SBF's did fraud on unbelievable scale so he's going to be made example by the American govt. He's going to spend many years of his life away from society. He's going suffer when he's released because he won't have money. CZ getting max 18 months looks light because of the plea deal. At least when CZ's going to be released to society his billionaire status won't be altered.
He's resigned from Binance but what's going to happen to his Binance shares. In America are convicted money launderers allowed to keep shares in companies they've used to launder?
In US law intent carries more weight then stupidity.
Ie you know you are money laundering
or you thought you were not money laundering.
Both could be the case for CZ but the government could easily prove the laundering not the intent.
So both CZ and the Gov settled on a plea deal.
Just for the non intended laundering