- Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Analysis, has been sentenced to 2 years in jail.
- Ellison may also forfeit $11 billion
Caroline Ellison, the previous chief govt officer of Alameda Analysis, has been handed a 24-month jail sentence.
Ellison, who pleaded responsible to fees associated to her function within the collapse of crypto trade FTX and testified in opposition to Sam Bankman-Fried, will nevertheless need to forfeit all that she gained from FTX. Per the court docket ruling on Sept. 24, Ellison will forfeit $11 billion.
24 months and forfeit all of her features from FTX. Actually greater than I believed Caroline was gonna get after the glowing feedback from the Decide. pic.twitter.com/hbrWtIUOIp
— James Seyffart (@JSeyff) September 24, 2024
Regardless of the two-year sentence, Decide Lewis Kaplan praised the previous Alameda CEO for her co-operation.
“I’ve seen a number of cooperators in 30 years. I’ve by no means seen one fairly like Ms. Ellison,” the choose famous.
Bloomberg additionally stories that the held Ellison to account for her culpability whereas on the identical time acknowledging that she was “susceptible” and had been exploited.
“You’re a really sturdy particular person, Ms. Ellison, in some methods, however not inviolable,” Decide Kaplan mentioned.
FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in jail earlier this yr. SBF was discovered responsible on all counts, together with fraud. Earlier than his imprisonment, Bankman-Fried has additionally been accused of leaking Ellison’s diary.
