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Sam Bankman-Fried Charged With Bribing Chinese Officials

CRYPTO CRASH

The FTX founder allegedly conspired to pay at least $40 million in cryptocurrency to gain access to frozen trading accounts.

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, leaves federal court in New York City, U.S., Feb. 9, 2023.
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Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

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