世纪审判落幕!FTX创始人被判监25年,没收超110亿美元资产

jin10Pubblicato 2024-03-28Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-03-28

美国加密货币交易平台FTX的联合创始人萨姆·班克曼-弗里德(Sam Bankman-Fried)因窃取客户资金,被判处25年监禁,这也标志着这起颠覆加密行业的案件迎来最后的结局。

美国地区法官卡普兰(Lewis A. Kaplan)在曼哈顿联邦法院宣布了这一判决,此前班克曼-弗里德表示,他“对发生在每个阶段的事情感到抱歉”。去年,他被判犯有包括欺诈和共谋在内的七项罪名。

这位曾经的亿万富翁在他广受欢迎的FTX交易所倒闭后,成为了加密世界渎罪和贪婪的象征,被揭露了长达数年的欺诈行为,他从客户、投资者和贷款人那里骗取了大约100亿美元

现年32岁的班克曼-弗里德否认故意欺诈,并声称他和他的加密帝国是2022年市场低迷的受害者。检察官曾要求判处他50年徒刑,而班克曼-弗里德的律师只要求判处6年半。虽然联邦系统中没有假释制度,但他可能会因为表现良好而提前几年获释。

法官卡普兰驳斥了班克曼-弗里德长达20分钟的声明,称他并不是真的后悔,而是把重点放在了犯罪的严重性上。这一判决几乎确保了这位曾经的神童将在监狱里度过他的50岁生日。卡普兰说:

“这个人有可能在未来做一些非常糟糕的事情。这不是一个微不足道的风险,绝对不是。”

班克曼-弗里德身穿棕褐色囚服,头发向后梳,与审判时的短发形成鲜明对比。法官宣读判决时,他双手合十站在那里。他没有反应,目光低垂。卡普兰说,除了监禁之外,班克曼-弗里德还应被没收超过110亿美元的财产。法官表示,将建议将他关押在加州父母家附近的监狱,并指出他的恶名和自闭症使他更容易受到伤害。

班克曼-弗里德已经表示有意对判决提出上诉,他也有权对判决提出质疑。在审判中,检察官表示,班克曼-弗里德从FTX挪用了数十亿美元到其姐妹对冲基金Alameda Research,用于投机性投资、300多笔政治捐款和昂贵的房地产。由于市场波动,贷款人在2022年开始要求返还他们的资金,而班克曼-弗里德利用FTX客户资金来偿还。

但客户的撤款热潮最终导致FTX在2022年11月申请破产,班克曼-弗里德辞去首席执行官一职。虽然检察官将班克曼-弗里德与因大规模庞氏骗局被判处150年徒刑的Bernie Madoff相提并论,但他的判决更接近安然公司(Enron Corp.)前首席执行长Jeffrey Skilling因会计欺诈被判的刑期。后者被判处24年徒刑,但上诉后减刑。

“虽然刑期低于检察官要求的40至50年,但这是一个非常重要的判决,”前联邦检察官、现为里德史密斯律师事务所(Reed Smith)律师的Mark Bini说。它“传递了一个信息,即在加密领域被定罪的人将面临严重后果。”

班克曼-弗里德的父母在判决后发表声明说:“我们很伤心,将继续为我们的儿子而战。”但法官和检察官并不认同将班克曼-弗里德描绘成一个不善社交的行善者的说法。

美国助理检察官尼古拉斯·鲁斯(Nicolas Roos)说:“这是一家充斥着犯罪行为的企业。虽然有些话听起来不错,但令人不安,因为如果班克曼-弗里德先生认为数学可以证明合理性的话,他会再做一次。”

班克曼-弗里德在声明中试图将客户迟迟未能收回资金的部分责任归咎于公司破产后的管理人员。他表示有足够的资金可以更快地返还给客户。

至少有一名前FTX受害者对25年的监禁刑期不满意。“这是一个令人厌恶的轻判,是对受害者的侮辱。正义在哪里?”Arush Sehgal说,他在该交易所拥有价值400多万美元的资产。

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