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Youngest Crypto Billionaire Charges Have Been Dropped: Is Bankman-Fried No Longer Facing Charges?

FTX Co-founder
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in New York. (Photo: NBC News - Mary Altaffer)

The individual who holds the title of the most youthful billionaire in the cryptocurrency industry has dismissed the legal accusation previously filed against him.

Sam Bankman-Fried

Bankman-Fried financial charge has been dropped (Photo: Bitcoin.Com News)

Youngest Billionaire Is Still Facing Charges?

It has been reported that the youngest crypto billionaire, Sam Bankman-Fried, a 31-year-old cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was recently cleared of a campaign finance charge by US prosecutors. However, the focus of his upcoming trial could shift to allegations that he stole billions of dollars from his customers at his now-bankrupt FTX exchange.

Bankman-Fried is currently facing fraud charges and is seeking to avoid imprisonment prior to his October 2nd trial. According to prosecutors in Manhattan, Bankman-Fried tampered with witnesses by sharing personal writings of his ex-partner, Caroline Ellison, with a reporter from the New York Times.

Bankman-Fried is still up against seven charges related to defrauding customers, investors, and lenders. This high-profile case has been deemed one of the largest financial fraud cases in the history of the United States. He will face new charges next year for foreign bribery and bank fraud conspiracies.

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FTX Employees Pleaded Guilty

Bankman-Fried has refuted accusations of embezzlement. However, he has admitted that FTX’s risk management procedures were inadequate.

Bankman-Fried has been widely known for his business acumen in ensuring the security of cryptocurrencies in times of market volatility. He has also been acknowledge for his generous contributions to Democratic candidates during the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.

Several former executives at Bankman-Fried’s company have pleaded guilty to fraud charges, including Alameda Research’s former chief executive Samuel Ellison, FTX’s former director of engineering Nishad Singh, and FTX’s former technology chief Gary Wang.

Singh revealed that funds were transferred from Alameda to make political donations, partly to enhance Bankman-Fried’s and FTX’s political influence. Ellison is set to testify against Bankman-Fried.

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