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Judge Weighs Whether Sam Bankman-Fried Will Face Two Criminal Trials

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The FTX founder faces a total of 13 criminal charges connected to the implosion of the cryptocurrency exchange is scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 2.

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  1. Wall Street Journal

    Sam Bankman-Fried Takes Fight Over Federal Fraud Case to Bahamas (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried wants to make his case to the Bahamas that some of the U.S. fraud charges he faces over the collapse of the crypto-exchange violate the terms of his extradition.

  2. Fortune

    Sam Bankman-Fried scores a victory as prosecutors agree to withdraw 5 charges, including bribery, until next year (opens Fortune)

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    Lawyers for the disgraced FTX founder have argued that charges following his extradition from the Bahamas should be dropped.

  3. Wall Street Journal

    Judge Weighs Whether Sam Bankman-Fried Will Face Two Criminal Trials (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    The FTX founder faces a total of 13 criminal charges connected to the implosion of the cryptocurrency exchange is scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 2.

  4. CNN

    Sam Bankman-Fried's trial to be split up as attorneys challenge some counts (opens CNN)

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    FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will have his criminal trial split into two separate proceedings, a judge ruled Thursday, granting a request from prosecutors who worried that five of the 13 charges could be held up by a Bahamian court’s review.

  5. Insider

    Sam Bankman-Fried wins a small victory as prosecutors agree to withdraw 5 charges — but ask for a separate trial for these next year (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Sam Bankman-Fried was facing 13 criminal charges after the downfall of FTX. Prosecutors said they would withdraw five of these for the moment.

  6. MyNorthwest

    With Sam Bankman-Fried looking on, judge seems skeptical of request to reject criminal fraud charges (opens MyNorthwest)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers encountered a skeptical federal judge Thursday when they argued that he should toss out criminal

  7. FOX Business

    Sam Bankman-Fried judge weighing two separate trials for FTX founder (opens FOX Business)

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    FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was in Manhattan federal court Thursday, where a federal judge heard arguments on whether he should face two separate trials.

  8. New York Post

    Judge blasts Sam Bankman-Fried bid to toss fraud charges in FTX cases: ‘Extraordinarily imaginative’ (opens New York Post)

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    A Manhattan judge called Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers’ arguments seeking to throw out federal charges “extraordinarily imaginative,” at a court hearing.

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