EX FTX Executive envisage un accord de plaidoyer avec les procureurs

• Certains dirigeants de FTX coopéreraient avec les procureurs dans l'affaire contre Bankman-Fried.
• Bankman-Fried sera jugé pour sept chefs d'accusation en octobre, tandis qu'un deuxième procès est prévu pour mars 2024.
• On ne sait toujours pas si les procureurs recruteront Salame comme l'un de leurs témoins dans le procès d'octobre 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 article 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.

Reste à savoir si Salame témoignera contre son ancien collègue. Salame n'a pas encore été inculpé en relation avec FTX, et les détails d'un éventuel accord de plaidoyer sont toujours en cours d'élaboration. 

D'autres dirigeants de FTX et d'Alameda Research, dont Gary Wang, Caroline Ellison et Nishad Singh, ont déjà plaidé coupable aux accusations portées dans l'affaire FTX. Les procureurs prévoient de les utiliser comme preuve dans leur affaire contre 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.

Pendant ce temps, les procureurs dans l'affaire Bankman-Fried ont exprimé leur intention de faire valoir que l'ancien PDG de FTX avait violé les lois sur le financement de la campagne lors de leur bataille judiciaire d'octobre, malgré le retrait récent de cette accusation. 

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 a ajouté dans la lettre : 

 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 accuser lui de subornation de témoins.

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