中英对照读新闻》Bankman-Fried Is Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison Over FTX Collapse 班克曼—弗里德因FTX倒闭被判25年徒刑
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班克曼—弗里德3月28日聆听法官卡普兰判决的情景。（路透）(photo:LTN)◎魏国金
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from customers, marking the final chapter in a case that has upended the crypto industry.
FTX共同创办人班克曼—弗里德因窃取客户数十亿美元，被判处25年徒刑，标志着这桩颠覆加密货币产业的诉讼写下最终章。
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan delivered the sentence in federal court in Manhattan moments after Bankman-Fried said he was “sorry about what happened at every stage.” He faced as long as 110 years behind bars after being convicted last year of seven offenses, including fraud and conspiracy.
美国地区法院法官路易斯‧卡普兰在班克曼—弗里德说，他对「每个阶段发生的事感到遗憾」后，于曼哈顿联邦法院宣布该判决。去年在包括诈骗与共谋等7项罪名被判成立后，他面临最高110年刑期。
The one-time billionaire became a symbol of malfeasance and greed in the crypto world after his hugely popular FTX exchange collapsed, exposing a yearslong fraud that swindled about $10 billion from customers, investors and lenders.
这位曾经的亿万富豪在他受到广大欢迎的FTX交易所倒闭后，成为加密货币世界渎职与贪婪的象征，并揭开从客户、投资人与贷款机构骗取约100亿美元、长达1年的诈骗行为。
新闻辞典
malfeasance：渎职、违法行为。例句：The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.（调查发现公司违法的证据。）
swindle：诈骗、骗取。例句：They swindled her out of her life savings.（他们骗取她一生的积蓄）。
