“While the existence of a law might be relevant to establish a statutory duty of care, the absence of regulation is not relevant to whether money was, in fact, entrusted to the defendant’s care by his victims,” the DOJ filing said, adding that the existing criminal rulebook is sufficient. “There are prohibitions on misappropriating customer assets – they are the very laws that the defendant has been charged for violating.”
U.S. Crypto Regulation Irrelevant to Sam Bankman-Fried FTX Allegations, DOJ Says in Fraud Trial Arguments
