Ex-FTX Executive Salame Requests Surrender Delay After Dog Bite

Former FTX executive Ryan Salame has requested to delay the date he must report to prison to begin a seven-and-a-half-year sentence so he can undergo surgery after a dog attack.

Salame was due to surrender to the federal Bureau of Prisons on Aug. 29 after being sentenced for violating campaign finance laws and operating an unlicensed money transmitter, crimes he pleaded guilty to following the multibillion dollar collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

In a letter filed in federal court in Manhattan Friday, Salame’s lawyer asked Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to push the surrender date to Oct. 13 so her client ...