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Podcast: Sam Bankman-Fried - Biography Flash
Episode: Sam Bankman-Fried's Uphill Battle: Will a Presidential Pardon Be His Last Hope for Freedom?
Description: Sam Bankman-Fried BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.Sam Bankman-Fried has stormed back into the headlines this past week, as his fight for a new trial unfolded before a skeptical panel of judges at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan. The former FTX CEO, notorious for orchestrating what prosecutors called an eleven billion dollar fraud, is now two years into a twenty-five-year sentence at FCI Terminal Island. His legal team, led by Alexandra Shapiro—who, in a twist of legal fate, is also representing Sean Diddy Combs in his appeal—argued that his first trial was fundamentally unfa...