
KEY POINTS
- Legal experts initially believed Zhao would likely get a 12-18 month sentence at a minimum security prison
- But, this might totally change based on the Saturday night court filing by DOJ lawyers
- The prosecution expresssed its intention to argue that Zhao should be sentenced to up to ten years in prison
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, as he is more popularly known in the crypto space, could be detained in the U.S. and spend up to ten years behind bars based on a recent court filing.