Bankman-Fried Loses Bid to Get Documents From Ex-FTX Law Firm

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid to get documents from the cryptocurrency exchange’s former law firm to help prove his innocence was denied by the federal judge overseeing his fraud case.

The ruling comes as Bankman-Fried has been laying the groundwork for a possible defense that he relied on the advice of the firm, Fenwick & West LLP, in taking many of the actions for which he is being prosecuted, and therefore had no criminal intent.

Sam Bankman-Fried

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Dealing a blow to that defense, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Friday denied his request for the documents, ruling that Fenwick ...