前加密貨幣大亨可能因 FTX 崩潰而面臨數十年監禁

前加密貨幣大亨 Sam Bankman-Fried 因其在 FTX 崩潰中所扮演的角色，可能面臨數十年的監禁。這位 32 歲的人曾經是一個受歡迎的平台，但後來被判犯有欺詐和共謀罪，這與他之前透過超級盃廣告和名人代言所取得的成功形成鮮明對比。

NEW YORK — Former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried faces the potential of decades in prison when he is sentenced Thursday for his role in the 2022 collapse of FTX, once one of the world's most popular platforms for trading digital currency.

紐約——前加密貨幣大亨薩姆·班克曼·弗里德(Sam Bankman-Fried) 因在2022 年FTX 崩潰中所扮演的角色而於週四被判入獄，他可能面臨數十年的監禁。FTX 曾是全球最受歡迎的數位貨幣交易平台之一。

Bankman-Fried, 32, was convicted in November of fraud and conspiracy — a dramatic fall from a year earlier when he and his companies seemed to be riding a crest of success that resulted in a Super Bowl advertisement and celebrity endorsements from stars like quarterback Tom Brady and comedian Larry David.

32 歲的班克曼-弗里德(Bankman-Fried) 於11 月被判犯有欺詐和共謀罪，與一年前相比，情況急劇下滑，當時他和他的公司似乎正處於成功的頂峰，導致超級碗廣告和四分衛湯姆等明星的名人代言布雷迪和喜劇演員拉里大衛。

A jury found that Bankman-Fried illegally used money from FTX depositors to cover his expenses, which included purchasing luxury properties in the Caribbean, alleged bribes to Chinese officials and private planes.

陪審團發現，Bankman-Fried 非法使用 FTX 儲戶的資金來支付其開支，其中包括在加勒比海購買豪華房產、涉嫌向中國官員行賄和購買私人飛機。

Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years.

檢察官建議判處 40 至 50 年監禁。

“The defendant victimized tens of thousands of people and companies, across several continents, over a period of multiple years. He stole money from customers who entrusted it to him; he lied to investors; he sent fabricated documents to lenders; he pumped millions of dollars in illegal donations into our political system; and he bribed foreign officials. Each of these crimes is worthy of a lengthy sentence,” prosecutors told Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in a court filing.

「多年來，被告在幾大洲使數以萬計的人和公司受害。他從委託給他的顧客那裡偷錢；他對投資者撒謊；他向貸方發送偽造的文件；他向我們的政治體系注入了數百萬美元的非法捐款；他還賄賂了外國官員。這些罪行中的每一項都值得判處長期徒刑，」檢察官在法庭文件中告訴法官劉易斯·A·卡普蘭。

Bankman-Fried’s attorneys, friends and family have urged leniency, saying he is unlikely to reoffend again. They also say FTX's investors have largely recovered their funds — a claim disputed by bankruptcy lawyers, FTX and its creditors.

班克曼-弗里德的律師、朋友和家人敦促寬大處理，稱他不太可能再次犯罪。他們還表示，FTX 的投資者已大部分收回資金——這一說法遭到破產律師、FTX 及其債權人的爭議。

“Mr. Bankman-Fried continues to live a life of delusion,” wrote John Ray, the CEO of FTX who has been cleaning up the bankrupt company. “The ‘business’ he left on November 11, 2022 was neither solvent nor safe.”

“先生。班克曼·弗里德繼續過著妄想的生活，」一直在清理破產公司的 FTX 執行長約翰·雷 (John Ray) 寫道。 “他於 2022 年 11 月 11 日離開的‘企業’既不具備償付能力，也不安全。”

Two weeks ago, Bankman-Fried attorney Marc Mukasey attacked a probation office recommendation of 100 years in prison, saying a sentence of that length would be “grotesque” and “barbaric.”

兩週前，班克曼·弗里德的律師馬克·穆卡西 (Marc Mukasey) 抨擊了緩刑辦公室提出的 100 年監禁的建議，稱這麼長的刑期是“怪誕的”和“野蠻的”。

He urged the judge to sentence Bankman-Fried to a term of five to 6 1/2 years in prison.

他敦促法官判處班克曼-弗里德 5 至 6 1/2 年監禁。

"Sam is not the ‘evil genius’ depicted in the media or the greedy villain described at trial,” Mukasey said, calling his client a “first-time, non-violent offender."

穆卡西說：“薩姆不是媒體中描述的‘邪惡天才’，也不是審判中描述的貪婪的惡棍。”他稱他的當事人是“初犯，非暴力犯罪者”。

Bankman-Fried was worth billions of dollars on paper as the co-founder and CEO of FTX, which was the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world at one time.

身為 FTX 的聯合創始人兼首席執行官，Bankman-Fried 的帳面身價達數十億美元，FTX 一度是全球第二大加密貨幣交易所。

FTX allowed investors to buy dozens of virtual currencies, from Bitcoin to more obscure ones like Shiba Inu Coin. Flush with billions of dollars of investors’ cash, Bankman-Fried took out a Super Bowl advertisement to promote his business and bought the naming rights to an arena in Miami.

FTX 允許投資者購買數十種虛擬貨幣，從比特幣到柴犬幣等更不知名的貨幣。班克曼-弗里德手握數十億美元的投資者現金，他拿出超級盃廣告來宣傳自己的業務，並購買了邁阿密一個體育場的冠名權。

But the collapse of cryptocurrency prices in 2022 took its toll on FTX, and ultimately led to its downfall. FTX’s hedge fund affiliate, known as Alameda Research, had bought billions of dollars of various crypto investments that lost considerable amounts of value in 2022. Bankman-Fried tried to plug the holes in Alameda’s balance sheet with FTX customer funds.

但 2022 年加密貨幣價格暴跌對 FTX 造成了沉重打擊，並最終導致其垮台。 FTX 的對沖基金子公司 Alameda Research 購買了數十億美元的各種加密貨幣投資，這些投資在 2022 年損失了大量價值。Bankman-Fried 試圖用 FTX 客戶資金填補 Alameda 資產負債表上的漏洞。

Three other people from Bankman-Fried’s inner circle pleaded guilty to related crimes and testified at his trial.

班克曼-弗里德核心圈的另外三名人士承認了相關罪行，並在他的審判中作證。

The biggest name among the three was Caroline Ellison, once the girlfriend of Bankman-Fried. Ellison described Bankman-Fried as a calculating individual who knew that he was likely committing crimes when he directed the use of customer funds. Two other onetime friends of Bankman-Fried, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh, also testified they felt they were directed by Bankman-Fried to commit fraud.

這三人中最出名的是卡洛琳·艾里森（Caroline Ellison），她曾是班克曼·弗里德（Bankman-Fried）的女友。艾里森將班克曼-弗里德描述為一個精於算計的人，他知道自己在指揮使用客戶資金時可能會犯罪。班克曼-弗里德的另外兩位曾經的朋友加里·王（Gary Wang）和尼沙德·辛格（Nishad Singh）也作證說，他們認為自己是在班克曼-弗里德的指示下進行詐欺的。