June 15 (Cointime) - Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, may only face the original charges brought against him at his U.S. trial this year as the Department of Justice is willing to postpone trying him on several additional counts. Bankman-Fried was originally hit with eight criminal charges by U.S. prosecutors in December, including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. A superseding indictment in February then added several new charges, but prosecutors have said they would only move ahead with the additional charges if the Bahamas approved. The October trial looks set to go ahead at the Manhattan court, though it is just one of the legal battles surrounding the FTX fallout.
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