FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Will Still Face Campaign Finance-Related Charge, DOJ Says

“And as a part of the initially charged cash laundering scheme, the defendant additionally hid the supply of his fraudulent proceeds by political straw donations,” the DOJ mentioned. “Because the Authorities will define in its forthcoming motions in limine [a pretrial motion], the proof of the defendant’s marketing campaign finance conduct is admissible at trial as direct proof of the Trial Costs.”