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Convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried files formal request for Trump pardon

Sam Bankman-Fried has formally submitted a request for a presidential pardon to President Donald Trump , according to information listed on the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney website.

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Sam Bankman-Fried has formally submitted a request for a presidential pardon to President Donald Trump , according to information listed on the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney website. The co-founder of the now defunct FTX crypto exchange is currently serving a 25-year federal prison sentence after he was found guilty of orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that misused billions of dollars in customer funds at FTX and its affiliated trading firm, Alameda Research.

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