Sam Trabucco, former co-CEO of the crypto trading firm Alameda Research, wrote around three pages of support for former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame. 

In the May 6 statement, which is among the longest of Salame's 28 character references, Trabucco admits that Salame engaged in illicit activity. However, he adds that Salame's punishment should be proportional to his constitution, which Trabucco endearingly described. 

"Simply put, Ryan is my best friend," Trabucco wrote in the statement. "He has also committed crimes. He’s acknowledged that and is prepared to accept the consequences. I want those consequences to be fair — not too light, not too excessive, but fair."

Salame pled guilty to conspiracy to make an unlawful political contribution and conspiracy to operate …