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Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has formally withdrawn his motion for a retrial, expressing concerns that he would not receive a fair hearing.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