FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried awaits sentencing for fraud conviction | CNN Business

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Almost five months after he was found guilty of committing one of the largest white-collar crimes in history, Sam Bankman-Fried is set to return to Manhattan federal court Thursday morning for sentencing that could land him in prison for the next half-century.

It is clear that Bankman-Fried, who is appealing his conviction, will go to prison. But the length of that sentence is entirely in the hands of Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York.

Prosecutors are angling for 40-50 years. Lawyers for Bankman-Fried, who turned 32 this month, have pushed

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