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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves federal court on July 26, 2023, in New York. The former crypto mogul faces the potential of decades in prison when he is sentenced on Thursday, March 28, 2024, for his role in the 2022 collapse of FTX, once one of the world's most popular platforms for trading digital currency. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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

By Ken Sweet and Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in New York. Prosecutors asked a New York judge on Friday, March 15, 2024 to sentence FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to between 40 and 50 years in prison for cryptocurrency crimes they described as a “historic fraud.”(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Prosecutors seek from 40 to 50 years in prison for Sam Bankman-Fried for cryptocurrency fraud

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York on Feb. 16, 2023. A slimmed down, foot-tapping FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried made a brief appearance in a Federal courtroom in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, to switch lawyers before his sentencing next month. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Sam Bankman-Fried makes court appearance to switch lawyers before March sentencing

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court, June 15, 2023, in New York. A second trial of Bankman-Fried on charges not in the cryptocurrency fraud case presented to a jury that convicted him in November is not necessary, prosecutors told a judge Friday, Dec. 29, (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

No need for second trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, prosecutors say

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

In this courtroom sketch, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during his trial in Manhattan federal court, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies outside jury’s presence as judge decides what he can say

By Larry Neumeister and Ken Sweet - Associated Press

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court, June 15, 2023, in New York. Bankman-Fried authorized the illegal use of FTX customers' funds and assets to plug financial gaps at an affiliated hedge fund from the exchange's earliest days, FTX's co-founder Gary Wang told a New York jury on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, as prosecutors pressed their case that Bankman-Fried was the mastermind behind one of the biggest frauds in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Sam Bankman-Fried stole customer funds from the beginning of FTX, exchange’s co-founder tells jury

By Ken Sweet and Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Campaign finance charge dropped from case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, Feb. 16, 2023. Bankman-Fried sought a dismissal of criminal charges against him in a court filing late Monday, May 8, saying prosecutors have improperly made federal crimes out of civil and regulatory issues that resulted from an industrywide collapse of cryptocurrency markets. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried seeks dismissal of indictment

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Sam Bankman-Fried putting money in Biden's piggy bank Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Accused fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried as Biden’s piggy bank

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Samuel Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to charges that he cheated investors and looted customer deposits on his cryptocurrency trading platform as a judge set a tentative trial date for October. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

White House downplays meetings with accused crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, is escorted from the Magistrate Court in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, after agreeing to be extradited to the U.S. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

FTX founder Bankman-Fried allowed $250M bond, house arrest

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, center, is escorted from a Corrections Department van as he arrives at the Magistrate Court building for a hearing, in Nassau, Bahamas, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Associates of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried plead guilty to criminal charges

By Ken Sweet, Rebecca Blackwell and Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, second right, is escorted out of Magistrate Court toward a Corrections van, following a hearing in Nassau, Bahamas, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

FTX founder agrees to extradition, expected to fly to U.S.

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Crypto exchange FTX CEO John Ray, arrives to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FTX collapse called ‘old-fashioned embezzlement’ as Bankman-Fried slapped with federal charges

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this screengrab from an interview with ABC News is Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The interview, which appeared on the program "Good Morning America," took place in the Bahamas island of Nassau where FTX was headquartered. (Good Morning America/ABC News via AP)

Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried hit with eight-count indictment

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Committee Chairman Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said in a tweet Friday, Dec. 9, that he is willing to testify to Congress next week, but that he will be limited in what he can say and that he “won't be as helpful” as he’d like to be. The tweet came in response to a tweet from Waters, who on Monday requested that Bankman-Fried attend next week’s hearings over the collapse of FTX. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Dems antsy as disgraced crypto chief who supplied campaign cash readies Capitol Hill testimony

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former FTX CEO says he didn’t ‘knowingly’ misuse clients’ funds

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

An advertisement for Bitcoin cryptocurrency is displayed on a street in Hong Kong, on Feb. 17, 2022. Bitcoin slumped to a two-year low, Wednesday, Nov. 9, and other digital assets sold off following the sudden collapse of crypto exchange FTX Trading, which has been forced to sell itself to larger rival Binance. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Democrat megadonor goes bust, crypto fortune vanishes in house-of-cards collapse

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times