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VERDICT: Caroline Ellison, FTX fraudster and Bankman-Fried ex-girlfriend, gets two year prison sentence

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Former crypto hedge fund Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison departs the trial of former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried who is facing fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, at Federal Court in New York City, U.S., October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo

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NEWS: Netherlands ban on cash payments over €3,000 approved by Dutch Parliament

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NEWS: Plan to ‘name and shame’ UK banks in AML probes grew into controversial ‘lightning rod,’ FCA admits

NEWS: UK considers changing how bust e-payments firms handle customer compensation

By Luc Cohen

Former cryptocurrency executive Caroline Ellison was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in her former boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried’s theft of $8 billion in customer funds from the now-bankrupt FTX exchange he founded.

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NEWS: Netherlands ban on cash payments over €3,000 approved by Dutch Parliament

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NEWS: Plan to ‘name and shame’ UK banks in AML probes grew into controversial ‘lightning rod,’ FCA admits

NEWS: UK considers changing how bust e-payments firms handle customer compensation

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