Bankman-Fried Drops Request for New Trial, Citing Fairness Concerns
The founder of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has officially withdrawn his motion for a retrial, citing concerns that he would not receive a fair hearing. Bankman-Fried, who is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for his role in the 2022 collapse of FTX, had initially filed the motion through his mother, Barbara Fried, who claimed that new evidence had come to…
April 23, 2026, 11:26 a.m.