In early May, Bankman-Fried filed pretrial motions to dismiss most charges levied against him by U.S. prosecutors, with his defense arguing procedural issues, the irrelevance of some U.S. laws given FTX’s non-U.S. location, and that the charges exceeded the agreed extradition terms. The motions did not seek to dismiss securities fraud and money laundering charges.
Related posts
-
Global Effort Disrupts Russia Linked Network Using Crypto to Evade Sanctions, U.S. Charges Two Russians
Russian nationals Sergey Ivanov and Timur Shakhmametov have been charged for their involvement in operating money... -
US Charges Two Russian Nationals in Money Laundering Scheme Involving Crypto Exchanges
The US government charged two individuals with operating a multi-billion-dollar money laundering scheme. Law enforcement agencies... -
U.S. Crypto Industry Will Follow a Different Path From Rest of World: BitMEX Group CEO
SINGAPORE —The U.S. crypto market will take a different path from the rest of the world,...