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Ryan Salame and Caroline Ellison, former FTX executives, face sentence reductions

The court has reduced Ryan Salame’s prison term by nearly a year, and Caroline Ellison’s sentence will expire three months earlier. These cuts reflect their role in the FTX scandal.

The prison sentences of former FTX executives Ryan Salame and Caroline Ellison have been reduced (rewritten article). Salame, the former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, will now be released in March 2031, more than a year sooner than his planned date. Ellison, who was CEO of Alameda Research, is set to be released in July 2026, three months earlier than previously projected.

Salame received a seven-and-a-half-year sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges involving unauthorized money-transmitting activities and campaign finance fraud. His defense team advocated for a lenient sentence, claiming that his involvement in FTX’s fraudulent actions was minimal. Despite this, he received a 90-month sentence, reflecting the gravity of the situation. Salame also attempted to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing that the prosecutors had not fulfilled their part of the agreement, but the court dismissed his request.

Ellison, a significant figure in the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, cooperated completely with investigators, and her evidence was critical in ensuring Bankman-Fried’s guilt. Her decreased sentence shows her cooperative behavior.

Variables like excellent behavior or participation in rehabilitative programs while incarcerated frequently impact early release, even though the specific causes for sentence reductions are unknown.

Salame and Ellison’s contrasting conclusions underscore the difficulties of the legal actions that followed the FTX disaster. Despite Ellison’s assistance in securing a conviction, Salame refrained from testifying against Bankman-Fried, who remains imprisoned without a set release date.

These reductions contribute to the ongoing consequences of the FTX collapse, one of the greatest financial scandals in the history of cryptocurrency.

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Formally freelance blogger Alex is passionate writer with interest in Finance and Business, fascinated about crypto following news and covering stories.
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