FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has formally filed for a pardon from President Trump, in line with the Justice Division’s Pardon Legal professional Workplace web site.
Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year prison sentence after being convicted on fraud and cash laundering fees in 2024. The pardon software was first reported by Bloomberg News.
Trump has pardoned a whole lot of individuals throughout his second time period. Whereas a majority of these have been individuals who participated within the January 6 riot, many have been convicted of economic fraud. An NBC News analysis from January discovered that greater than half of the person pardons granted have been to individuals who dedicated white collar crimes like cash laundering, financial institution fraud, and wire fraud.
Trump has pardoned numerous individuals who have donated massive sums to his political campaigns. Only a few of these he has pardoned filed the official software with the Justice Division, in line with Bloomberg.
