"FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Receives 25-Year Prison Sentence"
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Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from customers, with a maximum penalty of 110 years. Despite federal prosecutors seeking 40 to 50 years, the judge's decision was above the defense's request of six and a half years. Bankman-Fried, 32, apologized to FTX's customers, investors, and employees before being ordered to forfeit $11.2 billion in assets.
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