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Caroline Ellison Leaves US Custody After 14 Months

Cooperating witness in FTX fraud case had received a 2-year sentence

(Newser) - Caroline Ellison is out of federal custody, roughly a year after she helped prosecutors take down Sam Bankman-Fried. Federal prison officials confirmed the 32-year-old former head of Alameda Research—FTX's sister trading firm and a key player in its collapse—was released Wednesday from "community confinement," meaning...

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Judge: SBF's Ex Can't Avoid Prison Time

Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years

(Newser) - Caroline Ellison was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday after she apologized repeatedly to everyone hurt by the FTX fraud. US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said Ellison's cooperation in the case was "very, very substantial" and praised her testimony. But he said a prison sentence...

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