FTX 的 Nishad Singh 因參與加密貨幣交易所崩潰而沒有入獄

辛格被判服刑，他是第四位因參與詐欺而被判刑的 FTX 高層。

Former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh was sentenced to time served on Wednesday by a federal judge for his role in the crypto exchange's fraud and collapse.

FTX 前工程總監 Nishad Singh 因在加密貨幣交易所欺詐和倒閉中所扮演的角色於週三被聯邦法官判處監禁。

Singh, 29, was sentenced by District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York (SDNY) to the six months he already served in prison following his arrest in March 2023. He was also ordered to pay $11 billion in restitution.

29 歲的辛格於 2023 年 3 月被捕後，被紐約南區 (SDNY) 地區法官劉易斯·卡普蘭 (Lewis Kaplan) 判處 6 個月監禁。

Having pleaded guilty to six criminal counts including wire fraud and conspiracy in February, Singh is the fourth FTX executive to be sentenced for his role in the fraud. Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in March for his role as ringleader. Former FTX Digital Markets CEO Ryan Salame recently began serving his 7.5 year prison sentence, while Caroline Ellison, former Alameda Research CEO and one-time girlfriend of Bankman-Fried, was sentenced to two years by Kaplan last month – her sentence heavily discounted by her prompt and extensive cooperation with prosecutors.

辛格於 2 月承認了包括電匯詐欺和共謀在內的六項刑事罪名，成為第四位因參與詐欺而被判刑的 FTX 高層。今年 3 月，班克曼-弗里德因其頭目罪名被判處 25 年徒刑。 FTX Digital Markets 前執行長Ryan Salame 最近開始服刑7.5 年徒刑，而Alameda Research 前執行長、Bankman-Fried 的前女友Caroline Ellison 上個月被Kaplan 判處兩年徒刑——她的刑期被她大大打折了。

While Kaplan sounded sympathetic to Ellison during her sentencing last month, he contrasted her long-time involvement in and awareness of Bankman-Fried's fraud with Singh, who was out of the loop until only two months before the exchange collapsed.

雖然卡普蘭在上個月的宣判中對埃里森表示同情，但他將埃里森長期參與並意識到班克曼-弗里德欺詐案與辛格進行了對比，辛格直到交易所倒閉前兩個月才知情。

“Your case is not the case that Miss Ellison's was. She was involved from the beginning. She knew for years,” Kaplan said before handing down the sentence.

「你的情況與艾里森小姐的情況不同。她從一開始就參與其中。她多年來都知道，」卡普蘭在宣判前說道。

Both Kaplan and prosecutors highlighted Singh's extensive cooperation with prosecutors, during which he incriminated himself repeatedly and informed the government of crimes they did not yet know about.

卡普蘭和檢察官都強調了辛格與檢察官的廣泛合作，在此期間，他多次自證其罪，並向政府通報了他們還不知道的罪行。

Although Singh did promptly cooperate with the prosecution after FTX collapsed – as well as the FTX bankruptcy estate, as highlighted in an Oct. 29 letter from current FTX CEO John J. Ray III to the court – including testifying against his childhood-friend in Bankman-Fried’s trial last October, he admitted he knew of the $8 billion hole in FTX’s balance sheet by September 2022, two months before the exchange collapsed.

儘管在FTX 倒閉後，辛格以及FTX 破產財產立即與檢方合作，正如FTX 現任首席執行官John J. Ray III 在10 月29 日致法庭的信中所強調的那樣，包括在Bankman 案中出庭指控他的兒時好友-Fried 在去年 10 月的審判中承認，到 2022 年 9 月（即該交易所倒閉前兩個月），他知道 FTX 的資產負債表存在 80 億美元的缺口。

Despite knowing about the disastrous financial situation at FTX, Singh also went through with the purchase of a $3.7 million estate in Washington's Orcas Island in October of 2022, which his lawyer, Andrew Goldstein of Cooley LLP, described as a "deep mistake."

儘管知道FTX 災難性的財務狀況，辛格還是於2022 年10 月在華盛頓奧卡斯島購買了價值370 萬美元的房產，他的律師Cooley LLP 的安德魯·戈德斯坦(Andrew Goldstein) 稱這是一個「嚴重的錯誤」。

The sentence on Wednesday was surely welcome news to Singh and his legal team, who requested that the former FTX executive serve no prison time. In a court filing earlier this month, Singh’s lawyers urged the court to consider his “limited” involvement in the scheme, as well as his cooperation with the prosecutions of Bankman-Fried and Salame. The filing described him as an “uncommonly selfless individual” and attached more than 100 letters from friends and family.

週三的判決對辛格和他的法律團隊來說無疑是個好消息，他們要求這位前 FTX 高層不要入獄。在本月稍早的一份法庭文件中，辛格的律師敦促法庭考慮他對該計劃的「有限」參與，以及他與班克曼·弗里德和薩拉姆起訴方的合作。文件稱他是一個“異常無私的人”，並附上了 100 多封朋友和家人的來信。

More than 20 friends and family members – including Singh's fiancee Claire Watanabe, his parents and his younger brother – attended the sentencing on Wednesday. Watanabe gasped with relief at the news that Singh would not be going to prison. Both parents shed tears.

週三，20 多名朋友和家人出席了宣判，其中包括辛格的未婚妻克萊爾·渡邊 (Claire Watanabe)、他的父母和弟弟。得知辛格不會入獄的消息，渡邊鬆了一口氣。父母雙雙流淚。

Before Kaplan dismissed the court, he spoke to Singh's parents, emphasizing that he was speaking from his personal perspective and not as a judge.

在卡普蘭解散法庭之前，他與辛格的父母進行了交談，強調他是從個人角度而非法官的角度發言。

"I don't see anything you did wrong," Kaplan said.

「我沒有看到你做錯了什麼，」卡普蘭說。

UPDATE (Oct. 30, 20:44 UTC): Adds details from sentencing hearing.

更新（世界標準時間 10 月 30 日 20:44）：新增量刑聽證會的詳細資訊。

Cheyenne Ligon is a CoinDesk news reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She has no significant crypto holdings.

Cheyenne Ligon 是 CoinDesk 新聞記者，專注於加密貨幣監管和政策。她沒有大量持有加密貨幣。