FTX founder SBF is about to go to court. He had deliberately leaked the diary of former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, and later it was reported that he would shift the responsibility to his former legal adviser. However, these tricks were noticed by federal prosecutors and the presiding judge. inside.
Investors and tainted witnesses attend SBF court hearing
The U.S. Department of Justice has written to Judge Lewis Kaplan, the presiding judge in the FTX case, requesting that FTX users, employees, and investors be subpoenaed when the SBF goes to court.
According to legal documents, users and investors will tell how they deposited large amounts of assets into FTX. What do they expect from FTX?
Former employees (tainted witnesses) recounted their daily interactions with the SBF and their understanding of the SBF's testimony, actions, and purposes.
FTX executives who have long since become tainted witnesses include:
Nishad Singh, Director of Engineering, FTX
Gary Wang, co-founder and chief technology officer of FTX
Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research
Ryan Salame, the former co-executive of FTX Digital Markets (FTX Bahamas entity) who pleaded guilty in early September, has not turned into a tainted witness and there is no news that he will appear in court.
Ban SBF from blaming former legal counsel
According to another legal document, presiding judge Lewis Kaplan has ruled that the SBF defense must not raise any defense about "following counsel's advice," arguing that similar arguments could sway the jury early in the trial.
Lewis Kaplan said:
In light of the foregoing, the risks of confusion, prejudice and other risks if the defendants draw attention to the involvement of FTX and Alameda's lawyers are clear. We ask the defendants to exclude arguments advanced by former counsel without providing "formal legal advice."
Lewis Kaplan also emphasized that many cases have shown that using lawyers' past advice as evidence and defending oneself is often inaccurate. He believed this would confuse the jury as to whether the defendant actually had the intention to defraud.
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