Appeals Court Upholds Sam Bankman-Fried's 7 Convictions and 25-Year Sentence
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Updated · fanbolt.com · Nov 11
Appeals Court Upholds Sam Bankman-Fried's 7 Convictions and 25-Year Sentence
2 articles · Updated · fanbolt.com · Nov 11
Summary
A federal appeals court left intact Sam Bankman-Fried’s seven-count fraud conviction and 25-year prison term, rejecting his challenge to the FTX case.
The ruling keeps in place the March 2024 sentence tied to the collapse of FTX, where prosecutors said more than $8 billion in customer funds went missing.
Caroline Ellison, Alameda Research’s former chief and the prosecution’s key cooperator, testified in 2023 that Bankman-Fried directed the crimes; she later received a 2-year sentence.
The decision comes as Netflix prepares to release The Altruists on Nov. 19, dramatizing the FTX scandal that ended with FTX’s November 2022 bankruptcy and Bankman-Fried’s conviction on all counts in November 2023.