Sam Bankman-Fried To Plead ‘Not Guilty’Report

Disgraced entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried Plan to file a plea “not guilty” On Tuesday, a variety of fraud and money laundering charges were brought against him.

The 30-year-old former billionaire garnered controversy after it was revealed that he commingled funds between cryptocurrency exchange FTX and sister trading firm Alameda Research, losing untold billions’ worth of client assets. According to a report, he will not admit guilt to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan at Manhattan. report From Reuters.

Caroline Ellison, former chief executive at Alameda Research and Gary Wang, a cofounder of FTX have both been there. submitted Guilty pleas.

“Let me reiterate a call that I made last week. If you participated in misconduct at FTX or Alameda, now is the time to get ahead of it,” Damien Williams is the United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. “We are moving quickly, and our patience is not eternal.”

Recently, Bankman-Fried was released from a bond of $250 million. permitted to stay at his parents’ home in northern California. Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried’s equity in the property, which is valued at a total of $4 million, is currently serving as collateral for the bond.

The cryptocurrency wunderkind of the future has been indicted Williams is accused of conspiracy to wire fraud, conspiracy for commodities fraud and conspiracy to sell securities fraud. He also conspires to commit money laundering.

Bankman-Fried was found in the Bahamas where he ran FTX, Alameda Research and FTX alongside his amateur colleagues. News of suspected fraud at his companies became a major news story. He was extradited to the United States last month after a brief stint in Fox Hill Prison, the small island nation’s only government detention center, which a report The State Department described the State Department as harsh because “overcrowding, poor nutrition, inadequate sanitation, and inadequate medical care.”

The collapse of the cryptocurrency empire led by Bankman-Fried created a media firestorm as the entrepreneur’s extensive political contributions came into the public eye. According to Bloomberg, he was the second-largest contributor to the campaign that placed President Joe Biden in office more than two years ago. He also contributed almost $39 million to several Democratic campaigns during the most recent midterm elections. data Open Secrets. He claimed that he was a participant in a recent interview That he contributed “about the same amount” in dark money to Republicans.

Bankman-Fried could spend 115 years behind bars, if he’s convicted on all charges. granted audiences According to a report, he was at the White House with high-ranking officials during the months before his arrest. report Bloomberg. Gabriel Bankman Fried, founder of Guarding Against Pandemics, and brother to the former entrepreneur, attended a White House meeting and also participated in one of the meetings.

John Ray III, the attorney overseeing the FTX bankruptcy proceedings has vowed claw back Bankman Fried and his associates received fraudulently obtained revenues in order to make payments. Among the beneficiaries of Bankman-Fried’s donations were incoming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA).