Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, the disgraced cryptocurrency executive who was
Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday by Manhattan Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan. A jury found Bankman-Fried guilty of one of the largest white-collar crimes in history roughly five months ago. The 32-year-old could be in jail until he’s 57.
Sam Bankman-Fried testified before a jury for the first time on Friday saying he did not defraud FTX customers or take their funds, according to Bloomberg’s live reporting of the trial.
The trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried reached its halfway point, and a flurry of incriminating evidence, emotional testimonies, and odd tales have surfaced in the last three weeks.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense team requested a higher, longer-lasting dose of Adderall on Sunday night, so their client can meaningfully participate in his ongoing trial.
Federal prosecutors are squinting pretty hard, trying to keep an eye on what the failed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been doing while he’s been ordered by the court to live under his parents’ roof. The young crypto founder has reportedly been accessing the internet using a VPN, and the U.S. Attorneys Office is…