According to a Bloomberg report, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, will make a “rare” court appearance in New York on Wednesday after being convicted in November for a multi-billion dollar fraud involving cryptocurrency customers.
A federal judge will question Sam Bankman-Fried about potential conflicts of interest regarding the lawyers hired to represent him at his upcoming sentencing on March 28.
Notably, these same attorneys are also representing Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO of crypto-lending platform Celsius Network Ltd, who is facing a separate criminal case related to the collapse of Celsius.
Conflicts Of Interest Arise In FTX Founder’s Legal Team
Per the report, prosecutors recently requested that US District Judge Lewis Kaplan inquire about possible conflicts for Bankman-Fried’s attorneys, Marc Mukasey and Torrey Young.
The government aims to determine whether Sam Bankman-Fried is willing to waive his Sixth Amendment
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