Sam Bankman Fried applies for a pardon from Trump


Sam Bankman Fried, co-founder of FTX, has formally applied for a pardon from President Trump, according to the website of the Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney.

Bankman Fried Serves A 25 years imprisonment After being convicted on fraud and money laundering charges in 2024, he requested a pardon First reported by Bloomberg News.

Trump pardoned hundreds of people during his second term. While the majority of these were people who participated in the January 6 riots, many of them were convicted of financial fraud. that NBC News analysis From January it found that more than half of the individual pardons granted were to people who committed white-collar crimes such as money laundering, bank fraud and wire fraud.

Trump pardoned a number of people who donated large sums to his political campaigns. According to Bloomberg, very few of those he pardoned have filed a formal application with the Justice Department.

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