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By Jamie Redman

After Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to nearly a quarter-century behind bars for his involvement in financial wrongdoings, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, Ryan Salame, and Nishad Singh are up next to face consequences for their roles in the FTX debacle.

The Uncertain Road Ahead for FTX’s Co-Conspirators

Post-conviction by a jury and subsequent sentencing by Judge Lewis Kaplan, FTX’s founder Sam Bankman-Fried is bracing for a prison term nearing 25 years. His former associates are now poised to confront their own sentencing phases. Despite some of them having cooperated with authorities, it doesn’t exempt them from potential incarceration. Ryan Salame, previously co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is slated to appear before Kaplan on May 1.

Salame has admitted to charges of running an unlicensed money transmission business and illegal political contributions. A Bloomberg piece, citing informed sources, noted that Singh has taken up a software engineering role in California, while Wang is employed at a tech firm, and Ellison is reported to have returned to her parents’ home, both of whom are MIT professors.

While collaborating with authorities may offer some co-conspirators a chance to avoid prison, this possibility is far from a certainty. The seriousness and character of the offense play a pivotal role in shaping sentencing outcomes, as does the value of the cooperation extended. Bloomberg’s Ava Benny-Morrison disclosed that prosecutors plan to submit a 5K letter, explaining the level of cooperation from each participant. This plea seeks a sentence reduction below the standard guidelines, acknowledging the co-conspirator’s assistance.

Frank DiPascali, a pivotal figure in the Bernard Madoff investment debacle, saw his sentencing deferred for nearly six years as he aided federal prosecutors. Despite his guilty plea and contributions towards implicating others, in hopes of a lighter sentence, he succumbed to lung cancer before his sentencing could take place. Similar instances abound where co-conspirators, despite receiving sentence reductions, nonetheless faced imprisonment.

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