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and mogul in the industry who graced the cover of forbes magazine and appeared on stage with tony blair and bill clinton. american football player, tom brady, and supermodel, gisele bundchen, starred in his company s ads. he spoke in front of congress as a leader in the burgeoning crypto industry. he founded the cryptocurrency, exchange fdx, where customers traded their dollars and pounds for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. when the exchange collapsed in november 2022, he assured customers their money was safe. but it turns out his entire business was built on lies. a jury convicted him here in this courthouse in november, of fraud and conspiracy charges after five hours of deliberations a nod to the strength of the government s case. nowjudge lewis kaplan has sentenced him to 25 years in prison, saying bankman fried knew his actions were wrong and criminal, and that he made a bad bet that he would not get caught. judge kaplan said the losses to ftx customers, investors and
he was found guilty of fraud and money laundering last year. before his firm s collapse in 2022, the former billionaire became a celebrity atop a crypto empire. prosecutors said he raided customer accounts for bribes, illegal political donations and risky investments. our business correspondent michelle fleury has more. thejudge had to decide the judge had to decide a couple of things and took into account age, losses involved an impact on the victims and also the message of the tarrant and he settled on 25 years for sam bankman fried, sending him to prison for that time. it was less than lawyers who had been prosecuting the case had asked for you wanted 40 15 years and by contrast lawyers for mr bankman fried said he should get less than seven years. judge lewis kaplan decided that splitting the difference somewhere in the middle was the way to go. the judge clearly thought that although mr bankman fried has autism, as he said in court, sometimes he can be a bit socially awk
and mogul in the industry who graced the cover of forbes magazine and appeared on stage with tony blair and bill clinton. american football player, tom brady, and supermodel gisele bundchen starred in his company s ads. he spoke in front of congress as a leader in the burgeoning crypto industry. he founded the cryptocurrency exchange fdx, where customers traded their dollars and pounds for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. when the exchange collapsed in november 2022, he assured customers their money was safe. but it turns out the entire business was built on lies. conspiracy charges was filed after five hours of consideration. now afterfive hours of consideration. nowjudge lewis kaplan has sentenced him to 25 years in prison saying sam bankman fried you his actions were wrong and criminal and that he made a bad bet that he would not get caught. judge lewis kaplan said the losses to ftx customers, investors and lenders totalled more than $11 billion. bankruptcy proceedings have