Former Crypto Boss Sam Bankman-Fried Uses IDR 603 Billion To Bribe Chinese Officials

Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX who went bankrupt. (Photo; Doc. Actucrypto)

JAKARTA The founder of the crypto exchange company FTX that collapsed some time ago, Sam Bankman-Fried, has reportedly faced new demands from the US Department of Justice (DOJ). This is a new criminal charge that DOJ has filed against former FTX boss.

Based on court information listed in the new document, former crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was charged with allegedly bribing Chinese officials with tens of millions of US dollars.

Reporting from DailyHodl, in a new replacement indictment filed in the Southern District of the New York US District Court today, the prosecutor representing the United States reviewed the charges against Bankman-Fried.

"At least from 2019, to and including in or around November 2022, Samuel Bankman-Fried, a/a 'SBF,', the defendant, damaged the operations of cryptocurrency companies he founded and controlled - including FTX and Alameda Research - through a fraudulent scheme pattern that sacrifices FTX consumers, investors, financial institutions, lenders, and the Federal Election Commission., "wrote the statement in court documents.

The prosecutor accused SBF of stealing customer deposits to keep the scam running, making speculative investments, donating for charity, and making itself rich. They also quipped SBF trying to buy American politicians before accusing SBF of also trying to bribe Chinese government officials.

Later, the document also outlines that "he (SBF) also conspired to bribe one or more Chinese government officials to regain access to Alameda's frozen trading account by Chinese law enforcement authorities."

Unmitigated, the document states the value of the money amounting to 40 million US dollars (around Rp602 billion) used by SBF to launch an attempt to bribe. Even so, until now the representative of Sam Bankman-Fried is still silent regarding the indictment.