Crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
The FTX founder was sentenced in a cryptocurrency case that a prosecutor has described as one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history.
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The FTX founder was sentenced in a cryptocurrency case that a prosecutor has described as one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history.
The disgraced former crypto king was found guilty of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in November.
U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the sentence reflected “that there is a risk that this man will be in position to do something very bad in the future.”
FTX founder used customer funds to finance lavish lifestyle, prop up failing hedge fund and spend big on ads and celebrity endorsements.
The once-hailed ‘boy wonder’ of the crypto industry rose to prominence after founding trading firm Alameda Research in 2017 at the age of 25. So what went wrong? Bevan Hurley looks back at Bankman-Fried’s remarkable rise – and even more dramatic fall as he begins his 25-year prison sentence