DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried ’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, began her two-year prison sentence Thursday for her role in a fraud that cost investors, lenders and customers billions of dollars.

Caroline Ellison, the key witness in the case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, arrived at a low-security federal prison in Connecticut on Thursday, according to a Bureau of Prisons official. TakeAway Points: In the Connecticut suburbs,

Caroline Ellison, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges tied to the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, is beginning her two-year prison sentence.

An ex-FTX executive who testified against the cryptocurrency firm's founder at his trial last year has been spared a prison sentence.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison reported to prison to begin serving a two-year sentence for her role in the FTX fraud case

Ellison, 30, reported to the federal prison in Danbury, Conn., according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She had pleaded guilty and testified extensively against Bankman-Fried, her former boyfriend,