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It depends on how much the court thinks he stole (of the billions). The US Sentencing Guidelines tops out at around $550 million dollars, which adds 30 levels. Plus some adjustments: 2 for using mass marketing or 4-6 for causing financial hardship (only one of these), 4 for being the leader of the organization.

The base for larceny is 6.

That gives 36 just based on the money, and up to 46. That's 15 years on the low end, and runs off the end of the table ("life") on the high.

In the federal system there is 15% time off for good behavior, so 15 years means 12.75 actually served.

I'm assuming here the counts run concurrently or group (which I think is more typical than sequential, and also gives lower numbers). The judge can depart from the guidelines and give a lower sentence but SBF is not in a good place right now.

https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2021-guidelines-manual-annot...




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