Sam Bankman-Fried Files for Presidential Pardon in 2026, DOJ Records Show

According to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney website, convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried officially filed a formal request for presidential pardon in 2026 and the request is currently pending.

Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year federal prison sentence after his 2023 conviction on fraud charges related to orchestrating a scheme that misused billions of dollars in customer funds at FTX and Alameda Research. FTX filed for bankruptcy in November 2022. In a January 2026 interview with The New York Times, President Trump stated he has no intention of pardoning Bankman-Fried.

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