A friend asked if SBF could also be pardoned. But compared to his peers, his biggest problem was: He no longer had his money, leaving him penniless. Even though his mother later appealed, claiming she faced a liquidity crisis, not fraud, the stark reality was that the money from FTX, Alameda, and himself was now with the law firm, no longer in SBF's hands. This was the decision he most regretted.