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Sam Bankman-Fried has found one more scam: clemency

Jason Weisberger
Jun 09, 2026
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted fraudster who made billions disappear in a crypto fog machine, would now like Donald Trump to help him launder the consequences.

Bankman-Fried is serving 25 years for fraud and conspiracy after FTX collapsed into one of the great “oops, all customer money gone” disasters of the crypto era. Now he has formally asked for a …

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