FTX Caroline Ellison Shifted to Community Confinement Ahead of 2026 Release

• FTX case moves Caroline Ellison to community confinement after year in federal prison.
• Transfer from Danbury prison took place quietly on October 16, records confirm.
• Ellison remains under supervision, with release set for February 20, 2026.

Caroline Ellison, a former FTX executive, has been placed on community confinement after spending a year in a federal prison, which is a significant alteration in her sentence. The transfer occurred on October 16, but without public announcement. The federal prison records verify the transfer. Ellison is still under government restrictions, and her actual release date is February 20, 2026.

Ellison was transferred out of the low-security Danbury Federal Correctional Institution in Connecticut. The change in custody status was initially reported by Business Insider. The transfer places her in the final phase of her sentence. It also exceeded most expectations when she went into prison last year.

Federal Prison Officials Verify Custody Change

The Federal Bureau of Prisons in the US verified that Ellison is not confined in a correctional facility anymore. She is currently serving the rest of her sentence under less restrictive conditions. These placements may involve home confinement or a residential reentry center. Inmates in these programs still have to comply with severe federal regulations.

Source: Business Insider

The Bureau of Prisons spokesperson Randilee Giamusso indicated that the agency does not release specific details. She mentioned issues of privacy, safety, and security. The bureau fails to justify why transfers should occur. Additionally, the Bureau of Prisons does not disclose the location of individuals under community confinement.

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During the early part of November 2024, Ellison reported to Danbury. She was found guilty of a two-year sentence concerning the fall of FTX. The case entailed billions of dollars in customer losses. Sentence credits reduced her serving period by nearly nine months.

FTX Customer Fund Misuse Confirmed by Ellison

Ellison pleaded guilty to conspiracy with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. According to prosecutors, the scheme included approximately $11 billion. They claimed that FTX had been quietly transferring funds of its customers to Alameda Research. Ellison was the chief executive of the trading firm at the time.

In the 2023 criminal case of Bankman-Fried, Ellison gave testimony on behalf of the government. She informed the jurors that she and Bankman-Fried had knowingly defrauded customer deposits. She claimed that it was to pay losses and facilitate risky trading. Her testimony was instrumental in the case of prosecution.

During sentencing, the legal team of Ellison requested the court to stay outside prison. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan denied the motion. He stated that cooperation was inseparable from ultimate leniency. Ellison ended up apologizing in court over the damage.

Bankman-Fried was sentenced very severely. He was convicted of all counts of fraud and conspiracy by a jury. He was convicted of 25 years imprisonment. He is undergoing an appeal against his conviction and sentence in a low-security federal correction facility in San Pedro, California.

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