Sam Bankman-Fried, the former crypto billionaire who orchestrated one of the largest financial frauds in history, officially asked President
(CNN) — Sam Bankman-Fried, the former crypto billionaire who orchestrated one of the largest financial frauds in history, officially asked President Donald Trump for a pardon, according to the Justice Department’s website.
Bankman-Fried, 34, co-founded the disgraced crypto exchange FTX and was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024. Bankman-Fried’s application with the Justice Department, first reported by Bloomberg, is for a “pardon after completion of sentence.”
Such a pardon would not erase Bankman-Fried’s conviction but would instead restore certain civil liberties — such as the right to vote or to serve on a jury — after he serves out his prison sentence, according to the DOJ’s website. The pardon would also lift barriers to licensing, employment, housing or education, if granted.
Does he have any money left?
That's me asking, not the president.
Tho I expect he's as curious about that as I am.
