While Sam Bankman-Fried is to be heard next Tuesday for his plea, he plans to plead not guilty. At the same time, the person denied being behind the suspicious transactions made by Alameda Research addresses this week.
Sam Bankman-Fried to plead not guilty
As the lengthy legal process surrounding the FTX case has only just begun, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) plans to plead not guilty for his defense against the charges brought against him.
In effect, next Tuesday at 2 p.m. New York time, or 8 p.m. in Paris, SBF must be heard by Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan for his plea. It is at this hearing that SBF will deny the charges relating to fraud and deception of its customers, as reported by Reuters, to which the lawyers of the person concerned did not send comments.
Of course, this is only one of the first steps before a verdict is given and the ex-CEO of FTX will be able to reconsider his decision. Remember that on the whole case, he risks up to 115 years in prison, although he could get away with ten years in similar cases.
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SBF denies being behind mysterious Alameda Research transactions
This week, several on-chain analysts noted that addresses affiliated with Alamada Research had made curious movements to sell and mix 1.7 million dollars of different tokens. While suspicion naturally fell on Sam Bankman-Fried, released on bail last week, he denied the speculation outright:
None of these are me. I’m not and couldn’t be moving any of those funds; I don’t have access to them anymore.https://t.co/5Gkin30Ny5
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) December 30, 2022
He also went on to say, “that it was likely that various branches of FTXare at the origin of these movements.
While SBF has proven in recent months that honesty is optional for him, it’s hard to draw conclusions from all of this. The fact is that the person behind these movements necessarily had access to the private key(s) behind the addresses in question. These movements can also be made by several people in the case of multisignature wallets (multisig).
In any case, justice seems not to be at the origin of these movements. And for good reason, our colleagues from Bloomberg reported that prosecutors for the Southern District of New York were investigating said movements. Regarding SBF, it would be subject to government or court authorization for any transaction over $1,000, with the exception of its legal costs.
👉 Also in the news – Liquid, a Japanese subsidiary of FTX, is set to reimburse its injured customers
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