According to BlockBeats, on December 30, Bloomberg reported that U.S. federal prosecutors informed Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the SBF case, in a letter on Friday that SBF would not face a second trial for additional charges. Prosecutors said that most of the evidence to be presented in the second trial had already been presented in SBF's first trial, and the judge could take this evidence into account in the sentencing on March 28. The withdrawal of the charges is intended to avoid delays in sentencing due to the second trial. The federal government believes that this will be conducive to a timely and fair resolution of the case. It is reported that the "additional 6 charges" withdrawn this time include SBF's financial violations in political campaigns, conspiracy to bribe foreign officials, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed remittance business, and substantial securities fraud and commodity fraud. (The amount involved in the case of political donations and bribery of officials is about $100 million) BlockBeats previously reported that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty in early November of charges including defrauding users, and SBF will also stand trial for a second set of charges filed by prosecutors earlier this year, including suspected foreign bribery and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Sentencing for Sam Bankman-Fried is scheduled for March 28, 2024.

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