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Leo Schwartz

Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX straw donors made tens of millions of dollars in illegal political contributions, DOJ alleges

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In the ongoing criminal case against Sam Bankman-Fried, a judge unsealed four new counts against the disgraced FTX founder on Thursday, including bank fraud and operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, related to the collapse of the crypto exchange in November.

The indictment includes new details on the Department of Justice’s case against Bankman-Fried, laying out evidence that his FTX empire used customer deposits to steer tens of millions of dollars of illegal campaign contributions to both Democrats and Republicans.

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