EX FTX Executive está considerando um acordo judicial com os promotores
- Alguns executivos da FTX estão supostamente cooperando com os promotores no caso contra Bankman-Fried.
- Bankman-Fried enfrentará julgamento por sete acusações em outubro, enquanto um segundo julgamento está agendado para março de 2024.
- Ainda não está claro se os promotores recrutarão Salame como uma de suas testemunhas no julgamento de Bankman-Fried em outubro.
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 artigo 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.
Ainda não está claro se Salame testemunhará contra seu ex-colega. Salame ainda não foi acusado em relação à FTX, e as especificidades de um possível acordo judicial ainda estão sendo trabalhadas.
Outros executivos da FTX e da Alameda Research, incluindo Gary Wang, Caroline Ellison e Nishad Singh, já se declararam culpados das acusações no caso da FTX. Os promotores planejam usá-los como prova em seu 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.
Enquanto isso, os promotores do caso Bankman-Fried expressaram planos de argumentar que o ex-CEO da FTX violou as leis de financiamento de campanha em sua batalha judicial em outubro, apesar de recentemente retirar essa acusação.
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 acrescentou na 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 ele de adulteração de testemunhas.
Cobri algumas histórias interessantes em minha carreira como jornalista e acho as histórias relacionadas ao blockchain muito intrigantes. Acredito que a Web3 vai mudar o mundo e quero que todos façam parte dele.
