Prosecutors Seek Decades-Long Sentence for Bankman-Fried Over FTX Collapse and Related Offenses

• Prosecutors recommend 40-50 year prison sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried for orchestrating one of history's largest financial frauds • Fraud depleted retirement funds and nest eggs of vulnerable people across several continents • Illegal political donations over $100M believed to be largest-ever campaign finance offense • $150M in bribes to Chinese officials one of the single largest by an individual • Continued lying under oath, deflecting blame, and witness tampering after FTX bankruptcy and arrest