
Amerikanska åklagare hävdar anklagelser mot SBF är giltiga
- US prosecutors dismissed Bankman-Fried’s claims as meritless.
- Bankman-Fried hänvisade till oegentligheter i förfarandet i sitt krav på att anklagelserna skulle ogillas.
- Juridiska experter tror att det kommer att bli svårt att lägga ned anklagelserna mot Bankman-Fried.
I domstol filspån Från och med måndagen vidhöll amerikanska åklagare sina påståenden om att brottsanklagelserna mot Sam Bankman-Fried, inklusive frågor om hans utlämning tillbaka till USA och kampanjfinansieringsbrott, är giltiga. Den 31-årige FTX-grundaren och före detta cryptocurrency-miljardären har Påstod sig inte skyldig till 13 fall av konspiration, bedrägeri, utländska mutor och brott mot lagar om kampanjfinansiering.
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.
Åklagare skrev,
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 står inför flera anklagelser, varav en anklagar den tidigare FTX-VD:n för att ha brutit mot Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) genom att erbjuda $40 miljoner till kinesiska tjänstemän i utbyte mot deras samarbete med att låsa upp konton. Bankman-Fried medgav tidigare att FTX hade otillräckliga riskhanteringssystem men förnekade att ha stulit pengar som påstods.
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.