Svmuu reported that a U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld the fraud conviction against former cryptocurrency mogul SBF, handed down in 2023. This ruling came just days after Sam Bankman-Fried filed a request for a presidential pardon.
A panel of judges from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected the defense's argument that the platform was over-collateralized and that all customers had been fully compensated. Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud charges. Although he hoped to receive a presidential pardon after serving his sentence, the U.S. President stated in January that there were no plans to pardon the FTX founder. (justthenews)