'I'm haunted, every day, by what was lost' - Sam Bankman-Fried finally expresses remorse
FORMER crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried has expressed remorse over the FTX scandal from his prison cell in New York.
The 32-year-old entrepreneur was sentenced last week to 25 years behind bars after being convicted on seven counts of conspiracy and fraud following the $8 billion collapse of the FTX exchange in 2022.
At Thursday's sentencing, Bankman-Fried - often referred to as 'SBF' - expressed little in the way of contrition.
However, speaking to ABC News, the founder of FTX said he was haunted by what has happened.
"It's most of what I think about each day," he said.
"I never thought that what I was doing was illegal. But I tried to hold myself to a high standard, and I certainly didn't meet that standard.
"I've heard and seen the despair, frustration and sense of betrayal from thousands of customers; they deserve to be paid in full, at current price - that could and should have happened in November 2022, and it could and should happen today. It's excruciating to see them waiting, day after day."
