
Fiscales estadounidenses afirman que los cargos contra SBF son válidos
- US prosecutors dismissed Bankman-Fried’s claims as meritless.
- Bankman-Fried citó irregularidades procesales en su demanda de desestimación de los cargos.
- Los expertos legales creen que será difícil que se retiren los cargos contra Bankman-Fried.
En la corte limaduras Desde el lunes, los fiscales estadounidenses mantuvieron sus afirmaciones de que los cargos penales contra Sam Bankman-Fried, incluidas preguntas sobre su extradición a Estados Unidos y delitos de financiación de campañas, son válidos. El fundador de FTX de 31 años y ex multimillonario de criptomonedas ha se declaró inocente a 13 cargos de conspiración, fraude, soborno extranjero y violación de las leyes de financiación de campañas.
Earlier this month, Bankman-Fried’s defense asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to dismiss most of the counts, claiming that prosecutors charged him in a “rush to judgment” after a series of disasters in the crypto market that saw the collapse of several top crypto companies, including his own companies FTX and Alameda Research.
Bankman-Fried’s lawyers demanded the dismissal of the charges against him, citing procedural irregularities, and the scope of U.S. laws since FTX operates outside of the US. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers further claimed the charges filed by US prosecutors had gone beyond the limits of the extradition agreement.
Prosecutors labeled Bankman-Fried’s claims “meritless.” Responding to Bankman-Fried’s argument that the Bahamas must approve any charges prior to extradition, US prosecutors argued that the extradition agreement with the Bahamas allows post-extradition charges with the permission of the extraditing country.
Los fiscales escribieron,
The indictment sufficiently alleges that the defendant and his co-conspirators made false and misleading representations to lenders relating to Alameda’s financial condition. No more specificity is required.
Bankman-Fried enfrenta múltiples cargos, uno de los cuales acusa al ex director ejecutivo de FTX de violar la Ley de Prácticas Corruptas en el Extranjero (FCPA) al ofrecer $40 millones a funcionarios chinos a cambio de su cooperación para descongelar cuentas. Bankman-Fried admitió anteriormente que FTX tenía sistemas de gestión de riesgos inadecuados, pero negó haber robado fondos como se afirma.
Legal professionals believe that Bankman-Fried has little chance of having the charges dropped because the prosecution can show that his clients actually lost money. Prior to FTX’s collapse, Bankman-Fried had a solid reputation as one of the crypto billionaires and philanthropic donors.
However, his fortune and reputation crashed last November after FTX filed for bankruptcy protection and news emerged of the poor management structures at the exchange. He was later extradited to the US from the Bahamas and has remained under house arrest at his parents’ Palo Alto, California, home under a $250 million bond.