FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on Thursday, of defrauding customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange.
周四,FTX创始人萨姆·班克曼-弗里德被定罪,罪名是欺诈其现已破产的加密货币交易所的客户。
The verdict cements the 31-year-old former billionaire's fall from grace, in one of the biggest financial frauds on record.
此次判决使这位31岁的前亿万富翁在有史以来最大的金融欺诈案之一中失势。
During the monthlong trial in a Manhattan federal court, prosecutors made the case that Bankman-Fried stole $8 billion from FTX customers out of sheer greed.
在曼哈顿联邦法院为期一个月的审判过程中,检察官指控班克曼-弗里德“纯粹出于贪婪”,从FTX交易所客户那里窃取了约80亿美元的资金。
The 12-member jury reached the verdict after just over four hours of deliberations.
在经过4个多小时的审议后,由12人组成的陪审团最终做出了裁决。
Bankman-Fried stood facing the jurors, hands clasped, as the verdict was read -- with his parents sitting in the courtroom's second row.
宣读判决时,班克曼-弗里德双手紧握,面对着陪审员,而他的父母则坐在法庭的第二排。
The jury convicted him on all counts: two charges of fraud and five of conspiracy.
陪审团裁定所有关于他的罪名均成立:两项欺诈指控和五项共谋指控。
This verdict came just shy of one year since FTX filed for bankruptcy, a swift corporate meltdown that shocked financial markets.
这一判决是在FTX申请破产不到一年后做出的,当时这家公司的迅速倒闭,震惊了整个金融市场。
It also marks a major victory for a broader crackdown on white collar crime led by Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, Damian Williams.
也标志着曼哈顿最高联邦检察官达米安·威廉姆斯领导的打击白领犯罪的行动取得了重大胜利。
Bankman-Fried will be sentenced March next year and could face decades in prison.
班克曼-弗里德将于明年3月被判刑,可能会面临数十年的监禁。
But the MIT graduate faces yet another criminal trial.
不过这位麻省理工学院的毕业生还面临着另一项刑事审判。
Prosecutors brought a second set of charges earlier this year, including for alleged foreign bribery and bank fraud conspiracies.
检察官在今年年初对其提出了第二组指控,包括涉嫌外国贿赂和共谋银行欺诈。