Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday.
Judge Kaplan called Bankman-Fried "remorseless" and a "scammer obsessed with political power."
"He did it because he wanted to be a hugely, hugely political influential person in this country. He knew it was wrong, he knew it was criminal, he regrets that he made a very bad bet about the likelihood of being caught," Kaplan said.
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