Caroline Ellison, former co-CEO of Alameda Analysis, has requested no jail time for her position within the FTX collapse, in keeping with a Sept. 10 court docket submitting.
Her authorized workforce argued that her sentence must be restricted to time served, adopted by supervised launch, due to her intensive cooperation with the authorities throughout Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial.
Additional, the legal professionals famous that the Probation Division beneficial a time-served sentence and three years of supervised launch.
They said:
“The Probation Division recommends a sentence of time served with three years of supervised launch. The PSR grounds this advice in Caroline’s extraordinary cooperation with the federal government, her in any other case unblemished document, and the quite a few testimonials of Caroline’s honesty and moral conduct each earlier than she began working at Alameda and since she left Alameda.”
The protection additionally argued that Ellison poses no danger of repeating her offenses and isn’t a risk to public security. They claimed that her early request for forgiveness, full duty, and intensive cooperation warrant leniency and respect for the legislation.
Ellison’s cooperation
The court docket submitting additionally contained statements from her former colleagues, associates, and household, illustrating how Ellison’s helpfulness aided the US authorities’ case towards the incarcerated founding father of the defunct crypto change.
Notably, John J. Ray III, the CEO overseeing FTX’s chapter property, credited Ellison’s help as “worthwhile” in stabilizing the change throughout its collapse. He stated her cooperation helped his workforce defend and protect “lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in Debtor belongings” to profit collectors and perceive FTX’s methods.
In the meantime, attorneys representing class motion lawsuits towards FTX executives praised her contributions to recovering creditor funds.
Robert Cleary, the court-appointed examiner, echoed related sentiments in his transient remarks about Ellison’s helpfulness.
Moreover, the legal professionals identified that excerpts from Ellison’s diary present insights into her mindset whereas at Alameda. In addition they famous that her romantic emotions for him sophisticated her work relationship with Bankman-Fried.
Ellison’s sentencing is about for Sept. 24, 2024.