FTX’s head of engineering asks choose to spare him jail sentence

• Nishad Singh’s legal professionals declare he’s an “uncommonly selfless particular person”
• They consider he ought to obtain a lighter sentence due to his restricted function in FTX’s collapse

The previous head of engineering at FTX has requested a choose to spare him a jail sentence, in response to legal professionals representing him.

In response to Bloomberg, Nishad Singh’s legal professionals filed a memo to a Manhattan federal choose claiming he deserves a lighter sentence resulting from his restricted function within the collapse of the cryptocurrency change and “the exemplary life he’s dedicated to main.”

“His circumstances are extraordinary in each manner that issues to sentencing: his private historical past and traits, his function within the charged offenses, the velocity with which he cooperated, his response to the collapse of FTX, and the way he has rebuilt his life since then,” his legal professionals wrote.

In addition they described him as an “uncommonly selfless particular person” and that his “function was much more restricted than some other defendant.”

In February 2023, Singh was charged with withdrawing $6 million of buyer funds to Alameda Analysis from FTX. He pleaded responsible to 6 legal expenses together with fraud and conspiracy to commit cash laundering.

Singh additionally testified in opposition to his former boss and CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried in October.

Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in jail after being discovered responsible of fraud and conspiracy expenses. Caroline Ellison, the previous CEO of Alameda Analysis, was handed a 24-month jail sentence in September. Former FTX government Ryan Salame was sentenced to 90 months in jail in Might.

Singh is predicted to be sentenced on October 30.