Sam Bankman-Fried had channeled over $90 million in stolen funds to Democrats
Federal prosecutors will not prosecute FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for violating campaign finance laws, according to a court filing revealed on Thursday. The US Department of Justice cited “treaty obligations” to the Bahamas, which extradited the disgraced crypto investor last year.
“The Government has been informed that The Bahamas notified the United States earlier today that The Bahamas did not intend to extradite the defendant on the campaign contributions count,” US Attorney Damian Williams wrote in a Wednesday night filing, informing federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan that he was dropping the charges. “Accordingly, in keeping with its treaty obligations to The Bahamas, the Government does not intend to proceed to trial on the campaign contributions count.”
This is the second charge the Southern District of New York prosecutors have dropped against the FTX founder. Bankman-Fried’s attorneys have successfully appealed to Bahamian courts to block the prosecution on a charge of bribery, which was added after he was extradited. They have also sought to dismiss charges of bank fraud and conspiracy.....More Below
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