How long could Sam Bankman-Fried go to jail for?

cointelegraph.com:

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, once described as the “golden boy” of crypto, is set to stare down a jury next week for his role in the collapse of his $32 billion crypto exchange. 

After a jury selection process on Oct. 3, the trial begins in earnest on Oct. 4, with Bankman-Fried staring down seven charges. If found guilty on all counts, he faces a maximum sentence of 115 years in prison.

However, the judge won't likely go easy on him, crypto lawyers tell Cointelegraph.

Here's a first look at the calendar for SBF's criminal trial this October.

The former CEO of FTX has plead not guilty to all charges brought against him.https://t.co/xRA27iUwGJ pic.twitter.com/RqMJErDPMW

In mid-November last year, Bankman-Fried suffered one of the most rapid and public reputational declines of all time, when his crypto exchange and its sister hedge fund Alameda Research collapsed and filed for bankruptcy, leaving a $10 billion hole in its wake.

Now less than a week out from the trial, Michael Kanovitz, partner at Loevy & Loevy law firm, told Cointelegraph that things don’t look particularly good for Bankman-Fried.

He predicts that if the government finds him guilty of committing fraud, he’s likely looking at spending the rest of his life behind bars.

Kanovitz explained that courts look mainly at the severity of the crime and how the defendant behaved during the judicial process when handing down a sentence.

“If the government can prove he knowingly stole billions of dollars and destroyed documents to cover it up, that pushes the sentence toward the high end of the range,” he said.

WSJ called SBF a savior... ‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/ecNanSREIP

Kanovitz also noted that courts reserve some discretion to be lenient during sentencing if the defendant