Combination showing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (left) and President Donald J. Trump.
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Sam Bankman-Fried has officially filed for a presidential pardon, according to information listed on the website of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney.
The co-founder of the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX is currently serving a 25-year federal prison sentence after being convicted of orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that misused billions of dollars of customer funds at FTX and its affiliated trading company, Alameda Research.
The exact date of the filing is unclear, but DOJ records indicate the “post-sentence pardon” request was submitted in 2026 and is pending.
President Trump said in an interview in January with the New York Times that he has “no intention of pardoning” several high-profile figures, including Bankman-Fried.
Trump has granted 147 pardons and commutations so far in his second term, according to the Justice Department, including all cases related to January 6. During his first term, he granted a total of 238 pardons and commutations.
Neither the White House nor the Justice Department responded to a request for comment.