{"id":15592,"date":"2024-07-26T17:50:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/clarified-release-date-for-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T17:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:50:19","slug":"clarified-release-date-for-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/clarified-release-date-for-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarified Release Date for Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to the expectations of some community members, Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) will not be released in August. This was highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/when-is-binance-founder-cz-coming-out-of-prison\/\">Protos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIG BREAKING ? <\/p>\n<p>CZ is getting out of prison next month: sources ?<\/p>\n<p>Soon my bro is back <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cz_binance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L2INUFEDXc\">pic.twitter.com\/L2INUFEDXc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pain | Akatsuki? (@Pain_Bsc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pain_Bsc\/status\/1816494917780197397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some mistakenly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pahueg\/status\/1815716303916740879\">announced<\/a> a specific release date for the entrepreneur \u2014 August 30, the publication noted.<\/p>\n<p>On April 30, a court in Seattle (USA) <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-sentenced-to-four-months-in-prison\">sentenced Zhao<\/a> to four months in prison. Judge Richard Jones recommended a federal correctional facility in the suburb of SeaTac for serving the sentence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMany observers apparently assumed that CZ entered prison on the same day. This would indeed make August 30 his release date. However, expensive lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &#038; Sullivan, Davis Wright Tremaine, and Latham &#038; Watkins ensured him a few additional weeks of freedom,\u201d the journalists emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In reality, Zhao began serving his sentence in late May at a federal prison in Lompoc, California. The Lompoc II facility has less stringent conditions compared to those suggested by Judge Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the Federal Bureau of Prisons indicates that CZ is scheduled for release on September 29. This will occur if \u201cnothing changes\u201d for him, added Protos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inmate-Locator-Google-Chrome.webp\" alt=\"Inmate-Locator-Google-Chrome\" class=\"wp-image-237855\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bop.gov\/inmateloc\/\">Federal Bureau of Prisons<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prosecutors had sought <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/us-prosecutors-seek-36-month-sentence-for-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao\">a 36-month sentence<\/a> for Zhao. CoinDesk <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/coindesk-explores-reasons-behind-lenient-sentence-for-binances-changpeng-zhao\">explored the reasons<\/a> behind the significant reduction in his sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to the expectations of some community members, Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) will not be released in August. This was highlighted by Protos. BIG BREAKING ? CZ is getting out of prison next month: sources ? Soon my bro is back @cz_binance pic.twitter.com\/L2INUFEDXc \u2014 Pain | Akatsuki? (@Pain_Bsc) July 25, 2024 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[744,935],"class_list":["post-15592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-binance","tag-changpeng-zhao"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"35","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}