U.S. Justice Department Agrees to Try Sam Bankman-Fried on Original Charges Only for Now

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U.S. Justice Department Agrees to Try Sam Bankman-Fried on Original Charges Only for Now
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JUST IN: U.S. prosecutors said they would agree to try FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on only the original 8 charges they filed until the Bahamas government okays additional charges brought in February and March of this year. nikhileshde reports

addressed to Judge Lewis Kaplan, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams and his team wrote that the Bahamas court fight may not end until near Bankman-Fried's trial in the U.S.

Bankman-Fried's defense team filed additional motions to dismiss most of those other charges on various grounds, though the DOJ has pushed back against their arguments. A hearing is set for 10:30 a.m. ET on Thursday for oral arguments on the motions to dismiss.

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