Bankman-Fried dodges questions during his US crypto trial
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed crypto firm FTX, plans to testify in his own defense at his criminal fraud trial
October 27, 2023
New York (AFP) - Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, parried with a federal prosecutor on Thursday in high-stakes legal jousting at his criminal fraud trial that seemed to frustrate the judge. Bankman-Fried was scheduled to take the witness stand after three weeks of devastating testimony for the 31-year-old crypto wunderkind, accused of stealing billions of dollars from clients. But federal Judge Lewis Kaplan took the unusual step of sending the jury home Thursday and listening to Bankman-Fried, his defense lawyers and a prosecutor go over technical aspect...