The US Federal Prosecutor announced a new prosecution, accusing FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fric that violated the law that prohibit bribes of foreign officials.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the indictment announced on Tuesday (March 28) is the third prosecution facing Fried, accusing him of authorizing him to authorize one or more China in 2021Government officials bribe at least 40 million US dollars (the same, S $ 53.11 million) cryptocurrencies to re -obtain an account frozen by the Chinese law enforcement department.
According to this prosecution, these accounts hold more than $ 1 billion of cryptocurrencies and are related to Fried's cryptocurrency investment company Alameda Research.
The prosecutor said in a letter to the judge that a major jury submitted a new prosecution of 13 crimes on Monday (27th).The latest prosecution contains 12 allegations that Fried has faced, and the above additional charges, which violates the US anti -overseas corruption law.
Bloomberg reports that Fried is currently bail for $ 250 million and will be tried in October.He was arrested in Bahamas last December, and was subsequently extracted by to the United States .