英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2024/04/02 05:30
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FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from customers, marking the final chapter in a case that has upended the crypto industry.

FTX共同創辦人班克曼—弗里德因竊取客戶數十億美元，被判處25年徒刑，標誌著這樁顛覆加密貨幣產業的訴訟寫下最終章。

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan delivered the sentence in federal court in Manhattan moments after Bankman-Fried said he was “sorry about what happened at every stage.” He faced as long as 110 years behind bars after being convicted last year of seven offenses, including fraud and conspiracy.

美國地區法院法官路易斯‧卡普蘭在班克曼—弗里德說，他對「每個階段發生的事感到遺憾」後，於曼哈頓聯邦法院宣布該判決。去年在包括詐騙與共謀等7項罪名被判成立後，他面臨最高110年刑期。

The one-time billionaire became a symbol of malfeasance and greed in the crypto world after his hugely popular FTX exchange collapsed, exposing a yearslong fraud that swindled about $10 billion from customers, investors and lenders.

這位曾經的億萬富豪在他受到廣大歡迎的FTX交易所倒閉後，成為加密貨幣世界瀆職與貪婪的象徵，並揭開從客戶、投資人與貸款機構騙取約100億美元、長達1年的詐騙行為。

新聞辭典
malfeasance：瀆職、違法行為。例句：The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.（調查發現公司違法的證據。）

swindle：詐騙、騙取。例句：They swindled her out of her life savings.（他們騙取她一生的積蓄）。

英倫翻譯社轉自 https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1638701