Sam Bankman-Fried, the former head of FTX, is in prison for a huge financial scam. He got 25 years for stealing billions from customers. Now, he wants a pardon. But Donald Trump, the former U. S. president, says no way. Trump made this clear in a recent interview. He won't pardon Bankman-Fried or ot
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former big shot of the crypto world, is not giving up. His legal team is making a big push to overturn his conviction. They say he didn't get a fair trial. The judges will listen to their arguments soon. Bankman-Fried was found guilty of some serious charges. He was accused o
Gary Wang, a co-founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, dodged a lengthy jail term. On November 20, 2024, he was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release for his part in the crypto fraud. He was also ordered to forfeit $11 billion. Wang faced up to 50 years in p
In New York, a former FTX executive named Nishad Singh was spared a prison sentence on Wednesday. The federal judge commended Singh's significant cooperation in exposing the multibillion-dollar fraud orchestrated by FTX's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. Singh, who was the company's engineering director,
Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, was once a key player in the cryptocurrency world. However, her involvement in the FTX fraud scheme led to her downfall and a subsequent plea deal. On Tuesday, she was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion. This outc
