{"id":31158,"date":"2024-05-22T11:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T11:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/prosecutors-demand-harsh-sentence-for-former-ftx-executive-ryan-salame\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T11:37:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T11:37:41","slug":"prosecutors-demand-harsh-sentence-for-former-ftx-executive-ryan-salame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/prosecutors-demand-harsh-sentence-for-former-ftx-executive-ryan-salame\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors Demand Harsh Sentence for Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>United States prosecutors have called for a prison sentence of five to seven years for Ryan Salame, the former FTX executive linked to the collapse of the crypto exchange. Salame, considered a key associate of FTX co-founder Sam \u201cSBF\u201d Bankman-Fried, faces charges that he misappropriated investor funds.<\/p>\n<p>On May 21, federal prosecutors submitted a sentencing memo in a Manhattan federal court, emphasizing the severity of Salame\u2019s crimes. They argued for a \u201cjust punishment\u201d that reflects the magnitude of his offenses. Salame\u2019s legal team, however, is advocating for a maximum sentence of 18 months. Prosecutors underscored the scale of the crime, stating, <em>\u201cThe campaign finance offense is one of the largest-ever in American history, and the unlicensed money transmitting business exchanged more than $1 billion without proper supervision.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Salame\u2019s sentencing is scheduled for May 28. Prosecutors believe that only a significant prison term will serve as a deterrent and uphold respect for the law. They insist that such a sentence is necessary to address Salame\u2019s role in helping SBF divert $10 billion of users\u2019 funds.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The FTX Saga<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ryan Salame\u2019s involvement with FTX began in 2019 when he joined Alameda Research in Hong Kong. He quickly ascended to become the CEO of FTX Digital Markets, the Bahamas-based subsidiary of FTX. His <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/jury-finds-ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-guilty-on-all-counts\/\">sentencing<\/a> will make him the first of SBF\u2019s associates to face jail time. On April 1, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced SBF to 25 years in prison on seven felony charges.<\/p>\n<p>Other key figures in the FTX scandal, such as Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh, and Gary Wang, are still awaiting their sentences. This ongoing legal drama highlights the extensive consequences of the FTX collapse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong>350% or 5BTC + <strong>150 Spins!<\/strong><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. Exclusive Welcome Bonus of 350% + 150 Free Spins <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the wake of the FTX scandal, U.S. lawmakers are pushing for clearer regulatory guidelines for digital assets. North Carolina Representative Wiley Nickel has urged support for the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century (FIT21) Act. This bill aims to define the roles of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in regulating cryptocurrencies, to \u201cprevent the next FTX\u201d from happening.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/prosecutors-demand-harsh-sentence-for-former-ftx-executive-ryan-salame\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org ) United States prosecutors have called for a prison sentence of five to seven years for Ryan Salame, the former FTX executive linked to the collapse of the crypto exchange. Salame, considered a key associate of FTX co-founder Sam \u201cSBF\u201d Bankman-Fried, faces charges that he misappropriated investor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":31159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}