Coverage dated February 27, 2024

FTX fraudster Bankman-Fried seeks less than 7 year sentence, claims he is at risk of ‘harm and extortion' in prison

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in late 2023 of massive fraud at the cryptocurrency exchange and a related hedge fund, Alameda Research.

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NBC New York
FTX fraudster Bankman-Fried seeks less than 7 year sentence, claims he is at risk of ‘harm and extortion' in prison (opens NBC New York)
Published Feb 27, 2024
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in late 2023 of massive fraud at the cryptocurrency exchange and a related hedge fund, Alameda Research.
WHEC Rochester
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer asks judge to reject 100-year recommended sentence (opens WHEC Rochester)
Published Feb 27, 2024
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Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer says a recommended sentence of 100 years in prison for the FTX founder is “grotesque” and “barbaric” for cryptocurrency crimes. Bankman-Fried lawyer Marc Mukasey filed presentence arguments late Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, seeking leniency.
New York Post
Sam Bankman-Fried says 63 to 78 months should guide sentencing for FTX fraud (opens New York Post)
Published Feb 27, 2024
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Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried told a US judge on Tuesday that a sentence ranging from 63 to 78 months would be an appropriate punishment for the FTX founder's conviction for stealing $8 billion from customers of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange.
NBC News
Former FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried seeks no more than six years in prison as sentencing trial awaits (opens NBC News)
Published Feb 27, 2024
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Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried, the former head of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, have requested a sentence of just five to six years in prison in the wake of his conviction last year on seven counts of fraud.
FOX Business
Sam Bankman-Fried asks for lenient sentence, points to FTX fund recovery (opens FOX Business)
Published Feb 27, 2024
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer asked a judge to give a lenient sentence, saying FTX's clients would get back most of their funds.

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