PANews reported on July 26 that according to Protos, some Binance fans shared their expectations on the X platform that Binance founder Zhao Changpeng plans to complete his sentence on August 30. However, fact checking shows that he will not actually be released on this date.
Back on April 30, U.S. District Judge Richard Jones sentenced Zhao Changpeng to four months in a Seattle jail and recommended that he be sent to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Prison (Seatac). This decision initially led to widespread speculation that if Zhao Changpeng was imprisoned immediately, August 30 should have been his release date. However, Zhao Changpeng's legal team actively intervened to gain more free time for him. Their efforts delayed Zhao Changpeng's imprisonment until late May, and he was not sent to Seatac as originally planned, but was transferred to FCI Lompoc II, a low-security federal prison three hours north of Los Angeles.
Currently, according to the verification of the prison administration database, Zhao Changpeng is indeed in FCI Lompoc II. As for his exact release date, unless something unexpected happens, it has been confirmed to be September 29, instead of August 30 as previously widely circulated.
