Nekdanji izvršni direktor FTX v preiskavi zaradi morebitnih kršitev zakona o financiranju kampanj (poročilo)

Ameriški tožilci so domnevno napadli Ryana Salameja – nekdanjega izvršnega direktorja bahamske podružnice FTX – zaradi morebitne kršitve zakona, ko je leta 2022 daroval sredstva za politično kampanjo svojega takratnega dekleta. 

Prejšnji viri so poročali, da je Michelle Bond (zadevna ženska) prejela najmanj 400,000 $ honorarjev za svetovanje od FTX Digital Markets – subjekta, ki ga je vodil Salame. Po poročanju The New York Timesa je Američan osebno doniral 1.5 milijona dolarjev GMI super PAC (novoustanovljeni odbor, ki je podpiral kripto prijazne kandidate), ta pa je nekaj sredstev porabil za popularizacijo Bondove kampanje.

Salame sprejme še en udarec

As poročali by The Wall Street Journal, Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have launched an investigation against Salame to examine the donations that he handed to his then-girlfriend Michelle Bond. She ran for the Republican nomination for a congressional seat in New York last year. 

Vodstvo FTX, vključno z nekdanjim izvršnim direktorjem Samom Bankman-Friedom, je dalo velikodušne donacije politikom iz demokratske in republikanske stranke pred propadom borze.

Kljub preiskavi par ni bil obtožen kaznivega dejanja. Njuni odvetniki in ameriško državno tožilstvo na Manhattnu o zadevi še niso spregovorili. 

The FBI has also put Salame under its radar, napad his house in Potomac, Maryland, at the end of April. The exact reason behind the search remained unclear. However, some speculations emerged claiming it could be connected to the Zrušitev FTX that shook the entire crypto industry in November 2022. 

Salame prevzel osrednjo vlogo v škandalu, potem ko je Rekel Bahamski regulatorji, da je nekoč ugledna platforma morda prilastila milijarde dolarjev sredstev strank in jih prenesla na Alameda Research.

Preiskava nima nobene zveze s SBF

Pokritost je nadalje obvestila, da se najnovejša preiskava proti Salameju obravnava ločeno od primera proti SBF. 

Numerous regulators and authorities have accused the former CEO of conducting several crimes, such as wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. However, he has prosil not guilty and refused to be blamed as the main culprit behind the meltdown of the company he founded.

SBF spent a brief time in a Bahamian jail before being deported to the USA. The American magistrates dovoljene him to live with his parents until the trial on October 2 under a whopping $250 million bond. He could receive a 115-year prison sentence if found guilty.