© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023. REUTE
By Luc Cohen
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday suggested to a U.S. judge that sentence ranging between 63 and 78 months would be an appropriate punishment for his conviction on charges of stealing $8 billion from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange.
