In a court filing released Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped campaign finance charges against disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Prosecutors said the charges were dropped in accordance with U.S. treaty obligations to the Bahamas.
Sam Bankman-Fried Cleared of Campaign Finance Charges
Campaign finance charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder and former CEO of FTX, have been dropped, according to a court filing released Wednesday. Bankman-Fried was extradited swiftly from the Bahamas to the U.S. last December. His lawyers argued that the U.S. Department of Justice mishandled the extradition process.
In late June, Bankman-Fried’s legal team argued that the extradition process from the Bahamas to the U.S. violated the rule of specialty, as he faced charges beyond those originally specified in the extradition request. “In keeping with its treaty obligations to the Bahamas, the government does not intend to proceed to trial on the campaign contributions count
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