Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison, judge rips him as power-obsessed scammer 675 views March 28, 2024 A Manhattan judge ripped Sam Bankman-Fried as a “remorseless” scammer obsessed with political power as he sentenced the fallen crypto mogul to 25 years in prison Thursday — five months after he was found guilty of stealing more than $8 billion from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. “He did it because he wanted to be a hugely, hugely political influential person in this country,” Kaplan said, blasting him as “remorseless.” https://youtu.be/gOJeTHgG1Js?si=yGtfO_cPmhgYnSvx