前加密货币大亨可能因 FTX 崩溃而面临数十年监禁

前加密货币大亨 Sam Bankman-Fried 因其在 FTX 崩溃中所扮演的角色，可能面临数十年的监禁。这位 32 岁的人曾经是一个受欢迎的平台，但后来被判犯有欺诈和共谋罪，这与他之前通过超级碗广告和名人代言所取得的成功形成鲜明对比。

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.

纽约——前加密货币大亨萨姆·班克曼·弗里德 (Sam Bankman-Fried) 因在 2022 年 FTX 崩溃中所扮演的角色而于周四被判入狱，他可能面临数十年的监禁。 FTX 曾是全球最受欢迎的数字货币交易平台之一。

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 岁的班克曼-弗里德 (Bankman-Fried) 于 11 月被判犯有欺诈和共谋罪，与一年前相比，情况急剧下滑，当时他和他的公司似乎正处于成功的顶峰，导致超级碗广告和四分卫汤姆等明星的名人代言布雷迪和喜剧演员拉里·大卫。

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.

陪审团发现，Bankman-Fried 非法使用 FTX 储户的资金来支付其开支，其中包括在加勒比海购买豪华房产、涉嫌向中国官员行贿和购买私人飞机。

Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years.

检察官建议判处 40 至 50 年监禁。

“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.

“多年来，被告在几大洲使数以万计的人和公司受害。他从委托给他的顾客那里偷钱；他对投资者撒谎；他向贷方发送伪造的文件；他向我们的政治体系注入了数百万美元的非法捐款；他还贿赂了外国官员。这些罪行中的每一项都值得判处长期徒刑，”检察官在一份法庭文件中告诉刘易斯·A·卡普兰法官。

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-弗里德的律师、朋友和家人敦促宽大处理，称他不太可能再次犯罪。他们还表示，FTX 的投资者已大部分收回资金——这一说法遭到破产律师、FTX 及其债权人的争议。

“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·弗里德继续过着妄想的生活，”一直在清理破产公司的 FTX 首席执行官约翰·雷 (John Ray) 写道。 “他于 2022 年 11 月 11 日离开的‘企业’既不具备偿付能力，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.”

两周前，班克曼·弗里德的律师马克·穆卡西 (Marc Mukasey) 抨击了缓刑办公室提出的 100 年监禁的建议，称这么长的刑期是“怪诞的”和“野蛮的”。

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

他敦促法官判处班克曼-弗里德 5 至 6 1/2 年监禁。

"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."

穆卡西说：“萨姆不是媒体中描述的‘邪恶天才’，也不是审判中描述的贪婪的恶棍。”他称他的当事人是“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.

作为 FTX 的联合创始人兼首席执行官，Bankman-Fried 的账面身价达数十亿美元，FTX 一度是全球第二大加密货币交易所。

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 允许投资者购买数十种虚拟货币，从比特币到柴犬币等更不知名的货币。班克曼-弗里德手握数十亿美元的投资者现金，他拿出超级碗广告来宣传自己的业务，并购买了迈阿密一个体育场的冠名权。

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 年加密货币价格暴跌对 FTX 造成了沉重打击，并最终导致其垮台。 FTX 的对冲基金子公司 Alameda Research 购买了数十亿美元的各种加密货币投资，这些投资在 2022 年损失了大量价值。Bankman-Fried 试图用 FTX 客户资金填补 Alameda 资产负债表上的漏洞。

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

班克曼-弗里德核心圈子的另外三名人士承认了相关罪行，并在他的审判中作证。

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.

这三人中最出名的是卡罗琳·埃里森（Caroline Ellison），她曾是班克曼·弗里德（Bankman-Fried）的女友。埃里森将班克曼-弗里德描述为一个精于算计的人，他知道自己在指挥使用客户资金时可能会犯罪。班克曼-弗里德的另外两名曾经的朋友加里·王（Gary Wang）和尼沙德·辛格（Nishad Singh）也作证说，他们认为自己是在班克曼-弗里德的指示下进行欺诈的。