2026-06-12 13:19:36 UTC / 路透社
作者：卢克·科恩
2026年6月12日 美国东部时间下午1:19 更新，1小时前更新
山姆·班克曼-弗里德，破产加密货币交易所FTX创始人，2023年8月11日抵达美国纽约一家法院。路透社/爱德华多·穆尼兹/档案照片 购买授权，将在新标签页打开
- 内容概要
- 班克曼-弗里德2023年审判中因FTX欺诈罪名成立
- 这位前加密货币高管辩称，他有资金弥补客户损失
- 班克曼-弗里德正寻求唐纳德·特朗普总统的赦免
纽约，6月12日（路透社）——当地时间周五，山姆·班克曼-弗里德未能推翻其因创办的FTX加密货币交易所倒闭而被判的欺诈罪名及25年监禁刑罚。
由三名法官组成的曼哈顿美国第二巡回上诉法院合议庭以全票通过的裁决表示，针对班克曼-弗里德的控方证据“保守来说，非常充分”。
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“当他公开向客户、投资者和监管机构保证FTX客户资金安全时，他同时在将FTX当作自己的私人存钱罐，用客户资金购买房产、进行政治捐款和投资，”巡回法官巴林顿·帕克代表合议庭写道。
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班克曼-弗里德的律师未立即回应置评请求。他们接下来可能会请求第二巡回法院全体在职法官重审此案，或是请求美国最高法院接手该案。
据美国司法部赦免律师办公室消息，班克曼-弗里德还在寻求唐纳德·特朗普总统的赦免。白宫和司法部均未立即回应置评请求。
「规模空前的欺诈案」
班克曼-弗里德曾是加密货币行业最具影响力的人物之一，在2022年FTX轰然倒闭前还是亿万富翁。2023年，曼哈顿联邦陪审团裁定他犯有七项重罪罪名成立。
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曼哈顿美国检察官办公室的检察官表示，他从FTX客户手中窃取了80亿美元，用以填补其加密货币对冲基金阿拉米达研究公司的亏损，他们将此称为「规模空前的欺诈案」。
班克曼-弗里德对两项欺诈罪名和五项共谋罪名均不认罪。在庭审中，他承认在运营FTX时犯了错误，但作证称自己从未挪用过资金。
在上诉过程中，班克曼-弗里德的辩护律师辩称，负责此案审判的美国地区法官刘易斯·卡普兰不当阻止了班克曼-弗里德提交证据，以证明他当时相信FTX有足够资金覆盖客户提款。
上诉法院驳回了这一主张，并援引法律先例指出，只要被告欺骗他人交出金钱或财产，欺诈即告成立，即便被告意图最终弥补受害者损失。
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“即便班克曼-弗里德坚信自己日后能够归还资金，只要他将客户资金转移至阿拉米达研究公司，FTX客户就已被欺诈，”帕克写道。
班克曼-弗里德最早2044年可获释
FTX倒闭前，班克曼-弗里德是竞争激烈的加密货币行业的新星，凭借慷慨的慈善和政治捐款树立了声誉。
在2024年3月的量刑听证会上，卡普兰表示，班克曼-弗里德清楚自己的行为是错误的，但“在被抓获的可能性上押了非常糟糕的注”。
班克曼-弗里德的三名前副手已对涉案行为认罪，并在庭审中指证他们曾经的老板。
班克曼-弗里德目前被关押在加利福尼亚州圣巴巴拉附近的一所低安全级别的联邦监狱。他最早可在2044年获释。
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Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid to overturn crypto fraud conviction
2026-06-12 13:19:36 UTC / Reuters
By Luc Cohen
June 12, 2026 1:19 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at a courthouse in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Summary
- Bankman-Fried convicted over FTX fraud at 2023 trial
- Former cryptocurrency executive argued he had funds to cover customer losses
- Bankman-Fried is seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump
NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried on Friday lost his bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded.
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said prosecutors’ evidence against Bankman-Fried “was, conservatively stated, robust.”
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“While he was publicly reassuring customers, investors and regulators that FTX customer funds were safe, he was simultaneously using FTX as his own personal piggy bank, spending customer funds on real estate, political contributions, and investments,” Circuit Judge Barrington Parker wrote on behalf of the panel.
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Bankman-Fried’s lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. They may next ask all the active judges on the 2nd Circuit to hear the case, or ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.
Bankman-Fried is also seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump, according to the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney. Neither the White House nor the Justice Department immediately responded to requests for comment.
‘FRAUD OF EPIC PROPORTIONS’
Bankman-Fried, who had been one of the cryptocurrency sector’s most influential figures and a multibillionaire before FTX’s spectacular collapse in 2022, was found guilty on seven felony charges by a federal jury in Manhattan in 2023.
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Prosecutors with the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office said he stole $8 billion from FTX customers to plug losses at his crypto-focused hedge fund, Alameda Research, in what they termed a “fraud of epic proportions.”
Bankman-Fried had pleaded not guilty to the two counts of fraud and five counts of conspiracy that he faced. At his trial, he admitted to making mistakes running FTX, but testified that he never stole funds.
In appealing the conviction, Bankman-Fried’s defense lawyers argued that U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw the trial, improperly prevented Bankman-Fried from introducing evidence to back up his belief that FTX had enough funds to cover customer withdrawals.
The appeals court disagreed, pointing to legal precedent holding that fraud occurs the moment a defendant tricks someone into handing over money or property, even if the defendant intends to eventually make the victim whole.
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“FTX customers were defrauded as soon as Bankman-Fried transferred their money to Alameda regardless of how strongly he believed he might later return the money,” Parker wrote.
BANKMAN-FRIED ELIGIBLE FOR RELEASE IN 2044
Before FTX collapsed, Bankman-Fried was a rising star in the rough-and-tumble crypto industry who burnished his reputation with lavish philanthropic and political donations.
At his March 2024 sentencing hearing, Kaplan said Bankman-Fried knew his actions were wrong but “made a very bad bet about the likelihood of getting caught.”
Three of Bankman-Fried’s former deputies pleaded guilty over their involvement in the case and testified against their onetime boss at his trial.
Bankman-Fried is being held at a low-security federal prison near Santa Barbara, California. He is eligible for release in 2044.
Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama
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