Sam Bankman-Fried is facing more than a dozen civil and regulatory lawsuits, even if he beats the criminal charges in a trial that’s entering its second week. That includes cases by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and a proposed class action from FTX customers.
The criminal trial against the crypto mogul, who is accused of running a multibillion-dollar fraud at cryptocurrency exchange FTX, started Oct. 3 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Bankman-Fried faces the possibility of decades in prison if convicted.
The civil cases are paused while the ...
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