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Sam Bankman-Fried Has Applied for a Pardon

Sam Bankman-Fried files a Trump pardon request from federal prison after FTX fraud cost customers billions

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Mr. Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year prison sentence for fraud related to the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX.

  1. Frame 1Sam Bankman-Fried files a Trump pardon request from federal prison after FTX fraud cost customers billions.
  2. Frame 2DOJ pardon records list the request as pending in 2026, with no clear filing date reported.
  3. Frame 3He is two years into a 25-year sentence for fraud tied to FTX and Alameda Research.
  4. Frame 4The White House declined comment, and Bankman-Fried's lawyer did not respond to requests for comment.
  5. Frame 5A pardon would forgive the convictions after sentence completion; it would not shorten his prison term.
  6. Frame 6The next pressure point is Trump's pardon process while Bankman-Fried separately continues appealing his sentence.
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Jun 8, 9:16 PM EDT
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