Prosecutors say criminal charges against SBF are valid after SBF asks court to dismiss multiple criminal charges

According to CoinDesk, prosecutors pointed out in a court document that criminal charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), including technical details of SBF’s extradition to the United States and campaign finance violations, are valid. Among other things, the allegation of violating campaign finance laws, prosecutors said, SBF's arguments were flimsy because the indictment detailed how he worked to conceal the origin of the donations. Foresight News previously reported that in early May, SBF filed a motion to dismiss the multiple criminal charges brought against him in relation to FTX’s collapse. A filing by SBF's legal team seeks to dismiss what they believe are repeated fraud-related charges, as well as one campaign-finance-related charge, on the grounds that it violated the terms of the Bahamian government's extradition of SBF. Arguments put forward by the SBF defense team also included that FTX’s failure stemmed from a “crypto winter” and blamed the U.S. government for the regulatory debate surrounding digital assets over the past few years.