前FTX高管寻求撤销认罪协议 指控检察官违规调查女友

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作者:Ava Benny-Morrison、Chris Dolmetsch,Bloomberg;编译:五铢,

前 FTX 高管 Ryan Salame 已要求美国法官撤销对他的定罪或阻止对其女友的任何起诉,指控检察官违背了一项协议,即如果他达成认罪协议,将停止调查女友。

5 月 28 日,瑞安·萨拉姆离开纽约联邦法院。摄影师:Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg

但对 FTX 内部人员提起刑事诉讼的政府律师表示,没有这样的协议,并称 Salame 的指控是虚假和不完整的。

这位 FTX 巴哈马子公司的前老板周三在纽约的一份联邦法院文件中提出了耸人听闻的指控,近三个月前,他因在该加密货币平台倒闭前参与非法活动而被判处 7 年半监禁。

米歇尔·邦德(Michelle Bond)摄影:James Carbone/Newsday/Getty Images

根据文件,检察官利用认罪谈判威胁萨拉姆的伴侣米歇尔·邦德,她是萨拉姆八个月大孩子的母亲。2023 年 4 月,联邦调查局搜查了邦德与萨拉姆共同居住的马里兰州住宅。邦德是一名加密货币倡导者,也是 2022 年共和党国会议员候选人。

“为了诱导萨拉姆认罪,政府律师表示,如果萨拉姆认罪,他们将停止对邦德的调查,”律师克里斯托弗·巴托洛穆奇写道。

曼哈顿美国检察官办公室的发言人拒绝置评。但在周三晚上提交的一封回应信中,该办公室提出了不同的观点,并敦促法院拒绝萨拉姆“无耻”地违背认罪的企图。

政府表示,它在 2023 年 5 月的一次虚拟会议上明确告诉萨拉姆的律师,他的认罪不会停止对邦德自身行为的调查。

“正是在这次通话之后,萨拉姆认罪了,”政府的信中写道。

萨拉姆在 FTX 任职期间是一位多产的政治捐助者,他承认违反了竞选财务法并经营了一家未经许可的汇款机构。他声称政府已恢复对邦德违反竞选财务法的调查,但邦德尚未被指控犯有任何罪行。

萨拉姆要求美国地区法官刘易斯·A·卡普兰阻止对邦德的任何起诉,否则就撤销对他的定罪和认罪协议。

“在本案中,政府未能履行其为确保萨拉姆认罪而做出的默示保证,任何理性的人都会将其解读为政府将停止对邦德的任何调查的保证,”萨拉姆的法庭文件指出。

在一项全面调查之后,萨拉姆是 FTX 四位高层人物中最后一位对刑事犯罪认罪的人,该调查导致 FTX 联合创始人 Sam Bankman-Fried 被判入狱 25 年。

与前 Bankman-Fried 副手 Nishad Singh、Caroline Ellison 和 Gary Wang 不同,萨拉姆没有签署合作协议,也没有在去年年底 Bankman-Fried 的审判中作证。萨拉姆的认罪协议中没有任何书面条件支持他关于检察官保证的说法。

他声称,一名美国助理检察官告诉他,虽然这个条件不能写进他的认罪协议中,但如果政府结束对萨拉姆的调查,对邦德的调查也将结束。

这项动议提出时,距离萨拉姆开始服刑还不到两个月。萨拉姆最近被一只德国牧羊犬咬伤脸部,因此需要接受手术,因此服刑日期被推迟。

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