FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried prosecutors submit proposed jury instructions for trial

United States prosecutors have put ahead their proposed directions to the jury forward of the October trial for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

The prolonged 100-page Aug. 21 filing breaks down how prosecutors would really like presiding Decide Lewis Kaplan to instruct the jury in Bankman-Fried’s case based mostly on earlier jury directions the New York District decide has given in different circumstances.

Every of the seven expenses Bankman-Fried faces — regarding fraud and cash laundering conspiracy together with wire, commodities and securities fraud — had been damaged down.

For every cost, prosecutors advised how Decide Kaplan ought to current the allegations, the burden of proof or components the jury wants to search out Bankman-Fried responsible, and the evidence relating to each charge.

Additionally included had been proposed directions for detailing how the jury ought to study the proof, deliberate and are available to a conclusion on whether or not or to not discover Bankman-Fried responsible on every rely.

Such proposals are typical in legal trials however finally Decide Kaplan will resolve how he’ll instruct the jury.

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The previous FTX chief has been jailed forward of his trial set to start on Oct. 2 and faces one other trial in March 2024 on 5 different counts — he has pleaded not guilty to all expenses.

Bankman-Fried is being held on the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Heart after Decide Kaplan revoked his bail on Aug. 11 after prosecutors alleged he leaked diary entries from former Alameda Analysis CEO Caroline Ellison to The New York Instances.

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