Sam Bankman-Fried demands his charges be dismissed
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former FTX CEO, has asked a US judge to drop 10 of 13 criminal charges against him over the crypto exchange's collapse, according to a Monday filing to the Manhattan federal court.
Bankman-Fried's lawyers said that the US government brought the original charges against Bankman-Fried just less than a month after FTX's bankruptcy, "improperly seeking to turn these civil and regulatory issues into federal crimes."
Bankman-Fried's lawyers further stated a campaign finance charge should be dismissed as it was not included in the surrender warrant signed by the Bahamas government for his extradition.
Other charges they are applying to discharge include those related to bank fraud, unlicensed money transmitting and bribery.
Earlier in January, Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in the US government's criminal case against him over FTX's collapse. The former FTX CEO was set for an October 2 trial.
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