Sam Bankman-Fried Leverages Law Firm Advice for FTX Fraud Defense
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is preparing to argue that he relied on the advice of Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West in his defense against fraud charges. On Tuesday, his...
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On Tuesday, his lawyers requested that prosecutors turn over documents that were provided to the government by the California-based firm between 2017 and 2022, according to a report by Bloomberg. ...
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