https://apnews.com/article/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-fraud-timeline-be13e3fc0e074e2edd50ba59d1f8960e > Sam Bankman-Fried went from cryptocurrency golden boy to the face of the industry's collapse. The founder and former CEO of the massive cryptocurrency exchange FTX was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday after being convicted of fraud for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors. The collapse of one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world shook the digital currency world and sent prices plunging. > Here is a timeline of how it happened.