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Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, the onetime crypto mogul facing decades in prison?

Sam Bankman-Fried faces up to 50 years in prison after being found guilty of fraud and conspiracy, accumulating massive wealth through crypto trading.
Bankman-Fried built a successful hedge fund and crypto exchange, amassing a net worth of $26 billion by age 30 and using funds to support political causes.
Despite denial of theft, witnesses testified to his embezzlement, leading to a guilty verdict and plans to appeal the conviction.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud that unraveled with the collapse of FTX.

30 days ago·Sydney, Australia

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Channel News Asia

Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, the onetime crypto mogul facing decades in prison?

NEW YORK : A few years after graduating from college, Sam Bankman-Fried grew worried he was not taking enough risks. So the son of two Stanford Law School professors quit his Wall Street job and in 2017 started a cryptocurrency hedge fund, setting off a sequence of events that will culminate on Thursday

1 month ago·Singapore

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ABC Australia

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in jail over FTX fraud

A New York judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried for stealing $US8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX exchange he founded.

30 days ago·Australia

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Benzinga

Crypto Community Reacts To Sam Bankman-Fried's 25-Year Sentence: 'Will His Parents Ever Be Implicated?'

The Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday, prompting a host of reactions from the cryptocurrency community on X (formerly Twitter). What Happened: Many users, like NickyD, expressed outrage at the perceived leniency of the sentence. Comparisons were drawn to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, who is serving multiple life sentences for facilitating illegal online trans…

1 month ago·New York, United States

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Russia Today [🇷🇺-affiliated]

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

The disgraced FTX founder “orchestrated one of the largest financial frauds in history,” government prosecutors argued

30 days ago·Russian Federation

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npr

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 Years on multi-billion-dollar fraud

32-year-old former cryptocurrency golden boy, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. Blomberg's Zeke Faux was in court today as Bankman-Fried was sentenced.

30 days ago·Washington, United States

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