Prisons and Prisoners – Page 8

Start-Up Founder Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Fraud

Manish Lachwani, who founded the software start-up HeadSpin, is the latest tech entrepreneur to face time in prison in recent years.

By Erin Griffith

Deaths (Obituaries) Drug Abuse and Traffic Marijuana MC5 Pop and Rock Music Prisons and Prisoners Sinclair, John A White Panther Party

John Sinclair, 82, Dies; Counterculture Activist Who Led a ‘Guitar Army’

His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a protest rally.

By Michael S. Rosenwald

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John Sinclair, 82, Dies; Counterculture Activist Who Led a ‘Guitar Army’

His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a protest rally.

By Michael S. Rosenwald

Bankman-Fried, Sam Computers and the Internet Frauds and Swindling HK FTX Trading Ltd (Futures Exchange) Prisons and Prisoners Sentences (Criminal) Start-ups Virtual Currency

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

Mr. Bankman-Fried, who was convicted of stealing $8 billion from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange, faced a maximum sentence of 110 years.

By David Yaffe-Bellany and J. Edward Moreno