June 16 (Cointime) - A proposal has been made to split former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal charges into two trials, according to prosecutors. Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York is considering whether to dismiss or separate charges in Bankman-Fried's criminal case after an argument from his legal team.
Bankman-Fried's lawyers filed a motion that he should not face charges that had not been included in the extradition papers from the Bahamas to the United States in 2022.
If the judge severs the trials, Bankman-Fried could face one trial focused on the additional charges of allegedly bribing a Chinese government official and other matters related to fraud at FTX and Alameda Research.
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