EX ejecutivo de FTX está considerando un acuerdo de culpabilidad con los fiscales

• Según los informes, algunos ejecutivos de FTX están cooperando con los fiscales en el caso contra Bankman-Fried.
• Bankman-Fried enfrentará un juicio por siete cargos en octubre, mientras que un segundo juicio está programado para marzo de 2024.
• No está claro si los fiscales reclutarán a Salame como uno de sus testigos en el juicio de octubre de Bankman-Fried. 

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Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is in negotiations with federal prosecutors to enter a plea to criminal charges connected to the exchange’s downfall in November 2022. According to a Bloomberg artículo citing sources familiar with the matter, Salame could enter a plea as early as next month, ahead of Bankman-Fried’s trial scheduled for early October.

No está claro si Salame testificará contra su excolega. Salame aún no ha sido acusado en relación con FTX, y aún se están resolviendo los detalles de un posible acuerdo de culpabilidad. 

Otros ejecutivos de FTX y Alameda Research, incluidos Gary Wang, Caroline Ellison y Nishad Singh, ya se declararon culpables de los cargos en el caso de FTX. Los fiscales planean usarlos como evidencia en su caso contra Bankman-Fried.

US prosecutors have reportedly been looking into Salame for possible violations of US campaign finance law in connection with his girlfriend Michelle Bond’s congressional race. Prosecutors believe that both parties exceeded the contribution limit.

Mientras tanto, los fiscales en el caso Bankman-Fried han expresado planes para argumentar que el ex director ejecutivo de FTX violó las leyes de financiación de campañas en su batalla judicial de octubre, a pesar de que recientemente retiró ese cargo. 

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams wrote in a letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday that the “superseding indictment will make clear that Mr. Bankman-Fried remains charged with conducting an illegal campaign finance scheme as part of the fraud and money laundering schemes originally charged.”

Williams agregó en la carta: 

 The defendant’s use of customer deposits to conduct a political influence campaign was part of the wire fraud scheme charged in the original indictment. And as part of the originally charged money laundering scheme, the defendant also concealed the source of his fraudulent proceeds through political straw donations.

Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas a month after FTX filed for bankruptcy and then extradited to the United States, where he was charged with playing a part in the exchange’s collapse. The US Department of Justice initially announced eight charges against the 31-year-old. However, the DOJ added five new charges in February and March.

But, the DOJ was forced to drop charges of campaign finance violations after the defense filed a motion claiming that it was not part of the extradition treaty with the Bahamas. Prosecutors are also working to revoke Bankman-Fried’s bail after acusando de manipulación de testigos.

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