REPORTER: “Will the President return that donation [from FTX, SBF]?”

KJP: “I am covered here by the Hatch Act.” pic.twitter.com/krV3c6c4V7

Breaking911  (@Breaking911) December 13, 2022

https://breaking911.com/read-the-charges-against-disgraced-ftx-ceo-sam-bankman-fried/

Read the Charges Against Disgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried
By B911 - December 13, 2022


A federal grand jury in Manhattan returned an indictment today charging Samuel Bankman-Fried, aka SBF, 30, of Stanford, California, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the Federal Election Commission and commit campaign finance violations.

The charges in the indictment arise from an alleged wide-ranging scheme by Bankman-Fried to misappropriate billions of dollars of customer funds deposited with FTX, the international cryptocurrency exchange founded by Bankman-Fried, and mislead investors and lenders to FTX and to Alameda Research, the cryptocurrency hedge fund also founded by Bankman-Fried. Bankman-Fried was arrested yesterday in the Bahamas on these charges and will be presented before a Bahamian magistrate judge today.

“The Justice Department has filed charges alleging that Samuel Bankman-Fried perpetrated a range of offenses in a global scheme to deceive and defraud customers and lenders of FTX and Alameda, the defendant’s crypto hedge fund, as well as a conspiracy to defraud the United States government,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “We allege that the defendant conspired to defraud customers by misappropriating their deposits; to defraud lenders; to commit securities fraud and money laundering; and to violate campaign finance laws. As this indictment demonstrates, the U.S. Department of Justice will aggressively investigate and prosecute alleged criminal wrongdoing in the financial system and violations of federal elections laws. We will continue to work to ensure U.S. capital markets operate honestly and with the integrity that investors, lenders, and the American people are entitled to.”

“One month ago, FTX collapsed, causing billions of dollars in losses to its customers, lenders, and investors,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York. “Now, a federal grand jury in New York has indicted the former founder and chief executive officer of FTX and charged him with crimes related to the phenomenal downfall of that one-time cryptocurrency exchange, including fraud on customers, investors, lenders, and our campaign finance system. As today’s charges make clear, this was not a case of mismanagement or poor oversight, but of intentional fraud, plain and simple.”

“As the indictment today alleges, Bankman-Fried knowingly defrauded the customers of FTX.com through the misappropriation of the customer deposits to pay expenses and debts of a different company he also owned as well as make other investments,” said Assistant Director Michael J. Driscoll of the FBI New York Field Office. “If you deceive and defraud your customers, the FBI will be persistent in our efforts to bring you to justice.”

According to the indictment, Bankman-Fried was the founder and chief executive officer of FTX, an international cryptocurrency exchange. Since 2019, Bankman-Fried and his co-conspirators perpetrated a scheme to defraud customers of FTX by misappropriating billions of dollars of those customers’ funds. Bankman-Fried allegedly used billions of dollars of FTX customer funds for his personal use, to make investments and millions of dollars of political contributions to federal political candidates and committees, and to repay billions of dollars in loans owed by Alameda Research, a cryptocurrency hedge fund also founded by the Bankman-Fried. Bankman-Fried also allegedly defrauded lenders to Alameda Research and equity investors in FTX by concealing his misuse of customer deposits in financial information that was provided to them.

Bankman-Fried and his co-conspirators made millions of dollars in political contributions funded by Alameda Research to federal political candidates and committees in advance of the 2022 election. To conceal the fact that those contributions were paid for using funds from a corporation and to evade contribution limits and reporting requirements, Bankman-Fried caused contributions to be reported in the names of co-conspirators rather than in the name of the true source of the funds.

Bankman-Fried is charged with two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. He is also charged with conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit campaign finance violations, each of which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York, and Assistant Director in Charge Michael J. Driscoll of the FBI New York Field Office made the announcement.

The FBI is investigating the case with the assistance of the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, Public Integrity Section, and the DEA, as well as that of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, both of which separately initiated civil proceedings against Bankman-Fried today. The Bahamas Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs as well as the Royal Bahamas Police Force also provided assistance. The Money Laundering and Transnational Criminal Enterprises Unit and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Samuel Raymond and Thane Rehn for the Southern District of New York also contributed to the investigation.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force is handling the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nicolas Roos and Danielle Sassoon for the Southern District of New York are prosecuting the case.

orly?  so its just a coincidence that the USDOJ ordered the Bahamas to sieze him just a day before this asshole was supposed to testify to congress?
what a crazy coincidence!  wow!  i mean what are the odds??

Here's a summary of what his congressional testimony would've been, had he even shown up:

Scam Bankrun-Fraud

Just read that bond denied pending extradition. On mobile so no link. Have fun in jail.

Sam Bankman-Fried denied $250K cash bail offer after begging judge to be let loose over vegan diet, ADD https://t.co/iQuZLnxl92 pic.twitter.com/T0Gz9pYyD4

New York Post  (@nypost) December 13, 2022

I don't really care who does it, just get it done

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I haven't been keeping up.

Has he not killed himself yet?

I would love to hear her explain how exactly the Hatch Act prevents her from stating Biden's opinion about this.    These people are so incompetent, they can't even lie well.

Will he probably be convicted of a felony some time in the future?

That woman who founded the blood testing company, Theranos, got slightly over 11 years in da can. There's no parole in the federal system, so she'll do a little more than 9 years with good behavior.

She is a little odd looking. Very intelligent, though.

You've got it all wrong.  They know exactly what they are doing.  They simply don't have to have a good excuse since the MSM always has their back

"I'm gonna get loved tenderly."

JUST IN: Kevin O’Leary testifies at Senate hearing and says #Binance intentionally put FTX out of business. pic.twitter.com/90pYPYrU5J

Watcher.Guru  (@WatcherGuru) December 14, 2022

lol

So in other words NO.  And the Hatch Act doesn't have anything to do with answering whether or not donations are returned.

"We lost our funds to a junkie"

- Random Redditor pic.twitter.com/E2UoHmev3V

Wall Street Silver  (@WallStreetSilv) December 14, 2022

Speaking of Kevin O'Leary

Soon. He's not going to make in it in a Bahamian jail until February.

He's gonna be eating a lot of sausage, so at least he'll keep his strength up.

Why is meth weasel still free

Be a god damn shame if he went down with all of this. A real damn shame I tell ya.

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Why? Well that's superduper wrongthink which violates COC.

BANKMAN-FRIED TO FLY TO US ON WEDNESDAY ESCORTED BY FBI AGENTS

FXHedge  (@Fxhedgers) December 21, 2022

He is out on bond now.
Released to his parents.
.
Talk about getting special treatment.

One of my followers spotted SBF chilling at JFK airport last night and snapped some icon photos pic.twitter.com/0Lg6OdqZz8

litquidity  (@litcapital) December 23, 2022