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Judge predicts the public won't be as mean to Caroline Ellison now that she's been sentenced

Caroline Ellison has been sentenced to two years behind bars.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesCaroline Ellison was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the FTX fraud scheme.A judge praised Ellison's cooperation against Sam Bankman-Fried and noted the public scrutiny she's faced."Every part of your life has turned inside out and public to an unusual degree," the judge said.The judge who sentenced Caroline Ellison — the ex-top executive for Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto hedge fund — said he considered the "unusual" public scrutiny of her life before he ordered her to serve two years behind bars for her role in a massive fraud scheme.In his remarks before handing down the sentence in a Manhattan federal courtroom, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan praised Ellison for cooperating in the prosecution against Bankman-Fried, the disgraced crypto mogul and her former romantic partner.Addressing Ellison directly, the judge acknowledged her cooperation "has come at a serious price emotionally and personally" and predicted the backlash and scrutiny she's faced would "probably" die down."Every part of your life has turned inside out and public to an unusual degree," Kaplan said.

 

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