天平倾斜：FTX创始人控诉司法不公

marsbitPubblicato 2024-09-13Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-09-14

萨姆·班克曼-弗里德提出上诉，指控FTX案件中司法偏见：“天平倾向于检方”

班克曼-弗里德的上诉指控其欺诈定罪存在偏见。 他声称FTX的律师事务所充当了检方的助手。卡罗琳·艾莉森即将面临的量刑可能会受到影响。

破产的FTX加密货币交易所创始人萨姆·班克曼-弗里德针对其欺诈定罪提出了上诉，指控法官存在偏见，并声称法院一贯偏袒联邦检察官。上诉指控称，裁决不公，帮助了检方，阻止了班克曼-弗里德进行充分的辩护。

上诉还声称，代表FTX的律师事务所Sullivan & Cromwell充当了检方的助手。

该律师事务所被指控提供了证据和调查支持，同时隐瞒了可能帮助班克曼-弗里德的材料，尽管如此仍向FTX收取了数亿美元的费用。班克曼-弗里德的辩护团队认为，法院拒绝命令FTX进行证据开示，剥夺了他公正审判的权利。上诉称，法院与检方合作“颠覆了”正义，将“天平倾向于检方”。

班克曼-弗里德被判处25年监禁，他还声称法院的偏见导致了陪审团产生了有罪推定的倾向。上诉文件指出，FTX的债权人为了保护自己，迅速将班克曼-弗里德描绘成“恶棍”，以配合检方。

此次上诉紧随上个月的裁决之后，该裁决命令FTX及其关联公司Alameda Research向客户和欺诈受害者支付127亿美元，原因是资金被滥用以及FTX在2022年倒闭。

班克曼-弗里德的上诉结果可能对FTX案件中的其他关键人物产生重大影响，其中包括Alameda Research的前首席执行官卡罗琳·艾莉森。艾莉森与检方达成了认罪协议并进行了合作，她将于本月晚些时候被判刑。

尽管面临严重指控，艾莉森的律师团队正在为她争取免于监禁的判决，理由是她的合作态度以及自FTX倒闭以来试图重建生活的努力。

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