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Bankman-Fried was expected to be prosecuted on six additional charges, including unlawful political campaign contributions, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, substantive securities and commodities fraud, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business and charges of conspiracy to bribe foreign officials.

Here’s a look back at the graduating class from the financial fraud of the century.

Sam Bankman-Fried is staring down 25 years behind bars after he was convicted on all charges at his fraud trial. His former girlfriend – and accomplice – Caroline Ellison played a key role in bringing him down. Martha McHardy reports

The once-hailed ‘boy wonder’ of the crypto industry rose to prominence after founding trading firm Alameda Research in 2017 at the age of 25. So what went wrong? Bevan Hurley looks back at Bankman-Fried’s remarkable rise – and even more dramatic fall as he begins his 25-year prison sentence

Cryptocurrency founder was once worth $26bn

The trial of the FTX founder has ended after a month with a guilty verdict. What did we learn?

The prosecutor said that ‘while the cryptocurrency industry might be new … this kind of corruption is as old as time’

The conviction marks a spectacular fall from grace for a once shining star in finance. He faces decades in prison.

FTX founder, once the darling of Washington and Silicon Valley, blamed his ex-girlfriend and said ‘I do not recall’ a lot