{"id":21430,"date":"2023-02-23T07:17:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinnetworknews.com\/unsealed-superseding-indictment-against-sam-bankman-fried-includes-12-criminal-charges\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T07:17:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:17:28","slug":"unsealed-superseding-indictment-against-sam-bankman-fried-includes-12-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinnetworknews.com\/unsealed-superseding-indictment-against-sam-bankman-fried-includes-12-criminal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsealed superseding indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried includes 12 criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a superseding indictment filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on Feb. 22, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams alleged Bankman-Fried\u2019s actions in the matter involving FTX and Alameda warranted 12 charges. According to the indictment, these included:<\/p>\n
The original indictment against Bankman-Fried announced on Dec. 13 included eight similar charges<\/a> without breaking down individual charges as to the former CEO\u2019s alleged actions at both FTX and Alameda. At the time, prosecutors also listed conspiracy to commit commodities fraud in its charges, which was seemingly included in the supereding indictment related to the \u201cpurchase and sales of derivatives\u201d at FTX.<\/p>\n Related: <\/em><\/strong>SBF lawyers to pay for technical expert to aid judge on bail terms<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bankman-Fried\u2019s criminal trial in federal court is scheduled to begin in October, while FTX\u2019s bankruptcy case is ongoing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang pled guilty to similar charges<\/a> as SBF in a December plea deal and may offer testimony in his case.<\/p>\n The federal judge presiding over the case for former FTX chief executive officer Sam Bankman-Fried<\/a> has ordered a superseding indictment unsealed containing 12 criminal counts.<\/p>\n