{"id":528700,"date":"2022-12-18T02:06:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sam-bankman-fried-prosecutors-target-top-democrats\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T02:06:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:06:55","slug":"sam-bankman-fried-prosecutors-target-top-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sam-bankman-fried-prosecutors-target-top-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sam Bankman-Fried prosecutors target top Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2192e48b51f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2192e48b51f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sam-bankman-fried-prosecutors-target-top-democrats\/#%E2%80%9CSam_Bankman-Fried_prosecutors_target_top_Democrats%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Sam Bankman-Fried prosecutors target top Democrats&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSam_Bankman-Fried_prosecutors_target_top_Democrats%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Sam Bankman-Fried prosecutors target top Democrats&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Prosecutors investigating accused crypto grifter Sam Bankman-Fried have demanded information from high-level Democrats \u2014 including the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the incoming House minority leader \u2014 to help prove their sprawling case, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Top Dem lawyer Marc E. Elias, who represents a long list of political campaigns and super PACs, received an email from the United States attorney\u2019s office for the Southern District of New York asking for details about donations received from Bankman-Fried, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/17\/us\/politics\/sam-bankman-fried-political-donations-doj.html\">sources told the New York Times<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Unnamed Republicans and other Democratic campaigns received similar messages, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried, 30, who was arrested in the Bahamas Monday on a raft of felony charges in the wake of the November collapse of his FTX crypto exchange, allegedly siphoned off $1.8 billion dollars of customer cash, using some of it to become the Democrats\u2019 second-largest individual donor \u2014 behind billionaire businessman George Soros \u2014 in the 2022 election cycle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ftx-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sam Bankman-Fried\" class=\"wp-image-25052766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ftx-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ftx-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ftx-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Accused crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, arrested Monday, faces up to 115 years in prison if convicted.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cryptocurrency king spent $10 million on President Joe Biden\u2019s election effort in 2020 and dropped more than $40 million on Democratic Party get-out-the-vote efforts in the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>At least 11 Democratic and Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee, which oversees the cryptocurrency market, received nearly $95,000 in donations from Bankman-Fried and his FTX cronies, The Post has found.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ftx-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"FTX crypto exchange logo\" class=\"wp-image-25052772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ftx-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ftx-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ftx-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption> The FTX cryptocurrency exchange collapsed in November after Bankman-Fried allegedly siphoned off $1.8 billion dollars of customer cash.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The prosecutors asked for internal campaign records that could prove FTX executives lied by claiming the money they gave was their own, as required by the Federal Election Commission.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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