Prosecutors asked that Ryan Salame receive a sentence of five to seven years, while defense counsel from Mayer Brown argued that a lower sentence of 18 months would be appropriate.
May 28, 2024 at 03:07 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York on Tuesday sentenced Ryan Salame, a former executive at the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, to seven and a half years in prison for his role in two illegal schemes involving FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
Prosecutors had requested that Salame receive a sentence of five to seven years, while Salame’s attorneys Jason Linder and Gina Parlovecchio of Mayer Brown argued that a lower sentence of 18 months would be appropriate.
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Senior District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Photo: Ryland West/ALM
