Prosecutors reject dismissal of US criminal charges against Sam Bankman-Fried

Prosecutors said that criminal charges sought to be dismissed by lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried, which included technicalities around his extradition back to the U.S. and campaign finance violations, are valid. This was revealed in court filings from Monday.

Earlier in May, Bankman-Fried filed pretrial motions to dismiss most charges levied against him by U.S. prosecutors. His defense argued 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. However, the motions did not seek to dismiss securities fraud and money laundering charges.

Prosecutors contended that the extradition treaty with the Bahamas allows for post-extradition charges with the consent of the extraditing country. Any charges presented post-extradition in new indictments do not violate this rule.

One of the charges filed in March alleged that Bankman-Fried violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) because he offered $40 million to unnamed Chinese officials to convince them to unfreeze accounts.

While Bankman-Fried argued that allegations he committed commodity fraud are invalid because it involves extraterritorial enforcement, U.S. prosecutors said the accusations should stand as the impact of FTX’s trades were felt in crypto markets within the U.S.

On the allegations of campaign finance law violation which center around Bankman-Fried donating money in the names of FTX executives, prosecutors said his arguments don’t hold up because the indictment details exactly how he worked to obscure the source of funds for donations.

The filing also notes that the defense has requested more discovery documents, arguing that the FTX estate “should be considered part of the ‘prosecution team'” due to its cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Bankman-Fried is due in a New York court in October.

Read more: FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Moves to Dismiss Most Criminal Charges Against Him

Edited by Sandali Handagama.

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