Former FTX executive Ryan Salame requested a sentence of no more than 18 months in prison. According to Cointelegraph, lawyers representing former FTX executive Ryan Salame requested the court to treat the executive with leniency and impose a sentence of no more than 18 months in prison. In a May 14 filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Salame's legal team argued that a sentence of no more than 18 months in prison was "in addition to the substantial restitution and forfeiture obligations" provided by the former FTX executive. appropriate". Salame pleaded guilty in September 2023 to participating in operating an unlicensed money transmission business and engaging in campaign finance fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced on May 28 before Judge Lewis Kaplan. https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-exec-sentencing-recommendation-ryan-salame