Serves him right, with all the investors funds that he mismanaged and made them start all over again, he should be given 50 years, so that he will not think of running any business anymore. Because such person might still come out and decide to continue to scam more people.

I just hope that other people like him would learn from him, but it seems like scammers don't care about what has happened to the previous scammers, but they will still continue as long as they have not been caught. I am happy that Justice has been done to SBF.

25 years is less than the 40-50 years suggested by the federal persecutors, so he should not feel too bad. He is also to pay $11 billion in forfeiture, which will make him totally broke. At the end of his prison term, he would be 57 and would have a limited time to pursue his goals and ambitions. He is fortunate that he is not from some authoritarian nation that would have sentenced him to death or life imprisonment. The US has one of the best prison systems that give convicts the privilege of getting parole after some years. So it is possible he could get parole since the sentence is not without parole. But his parents said after the sentence that they would continue to seek justice for their son, which means the judgement will be appealed as soon as possible.

Throughout his trial, Sam Bankman-Fried has never accepted that he committed fraud or scam. He has always maintained that FTX went bankrupt because of a liquidity crisis. When he was lying to investors, living in luxury and giving donations like Santa Claus, he never knew that it was wasting other people's money.

When I hoped he'll go to jail, many thought he would remain free, that he was above justice because of all his political relations. I'm happy to see they didn't help. A 25 years sentence is more than I had wished. He's still a young guy, but he'll be old and broke when free. It's also quite likely he will still have plenty to pay back to the people he robbed, meaning that whatever job he'll get, part of his salary will be seized, and that he will remain poor for the rest of his life.

Tough for him, but good for crypto. This is an example to other crypto start-ups and exchanges. Now, they know that they have to behave, otherwise they'll end up in jail.

The amount of fraud reached trillions, I think the sentence received by Sam Bankman was very appropriate, there was no intention to return consumer balances from the FTX market which was the judge's consideration in giving a sentence of 25 years in prison.
I felt a little relieved by what he got because he took responsibility for what he had done and I also lost a large amount on the FTX market.

Hopefully the punishment received by FTX founder Sam Bankman will be a lesson for future owners of exchanges or coin projects if they commit fraud and must be prepared to face the risk of being imprisoned for more than 25 years, maybe this will be very effective in providing a lesson for scammers in cryptocurrency.

Definitely a low sentence, especially when compared to what Ross got. I'd say he scratched a couple of backs during his reign as "the king of crypto" and now he's being scratched back.
How many of you believe that he's going to spend 25 years in prison? I guess that his friends in high places are going to make sure he gets moved to a low security facility and then to a prison camp for good behavior, health problems, or whatever. Finally he'll be released early. I give him 10 years of actual prison at most and he's out enjoying private jets, yachts and all that.

my views are also that rapists and murders should get life that means life.. and those crimes should be hardened and made harsher first..
and then financial crimes dealt with less harshness below that.. but..

but when financial crimes then cause physical harm(people commit suicide due to losses caused by others) then added charges of manslaughter should be added to a financial crime and sentenced accordingly..
. but even without single suicide/death.. many people would have individually filed for damages of mental injury(stress, depression) which cumulatively would have added up to decades/centuries.. which would also then be fair..
and so when you read sentencing guidelines that have different timescale categories about numbers of victims, amount of value victimised.. you start to appreciate that they TRY to find a fair balance..

what i dislike is the whole concurrent policy vs consecutive or where "life" no longer means life

if he had 7 charges totalling 108 years.. that should be the end sentance

Only 25 years? The King of Shitcoins got off easy considering Bernie Madoff received a prison sentence of 150 years.

If I were the judge I would have given him a minimum of 75 years to make sure he will never be released to do it again.

If the Fed seizes all his funds and property, what else do they want to use that for? If they can't channel those properties into funds, they can use all that to pay back some of the affected victims and not convert it into government assets if they have the intention of doing that.
 
Banning him from managing or having any business for the time being is also a good decision, as he has proven himself not to be trusted with public funds, and as such, he should be revoked of such access.

The sentence may be lenient, but at least he's being punished here. I hope he won't go back to any business or manage any in the future. We know, a lot of investors suffered from this failed company. Now, people should be very cautious on where they will put their money into. Learn the lessons well, and remind yourself not to ride the hype.


We don't know the full basis of the judge how he came up with the sentence but for sure he had done his duty on how he got this sentence. Definitely, they have long hours studying this high-profile case. Consultations, discussions and a lot more have been done. So we can't judge the judge how he gave this sentencing for SBF.