28-03-2024 19:38 via theguardian.com

‘He knew it was wrong’: Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison over FTX fraud

Judge orders disgraced crypto mogul to forfeit $11bn in assets and says he showed no remorse for his crimesSam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul who perpetrated one of the largest financial frauds in history, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11bn in assets. His lawyer reiterated a pledge to appeal the sentence the same day.The judge, Lewis Kaplan, issued the penalty in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday. Bankman-Fried, the former chief executive of
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