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FTX co-founder won’t serve time in prison, judge rules

Former top FTX executive Gary Wang was sentenced to time served with three years of supervised release Wednesday for his role in the $8 billion fraud that preceded the exchange’s collapse. Wang is the final cooperating member of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle to be sentenced. 

Wang, co-founder and former chief technology officer of FTX, served as a government witness in Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial last fall. He was the first co-conspirator to work with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and conspiracy in December 2022. 

Prosecutors and Wang’s team asked the judge to sentence Wang to time served. 

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