Key Takeaways:
- There was a rejection of the request for a retrial filed by Sam Bankman-Fried by a federal judge who ruled there were no valid claims of “new evidence” and testimony from the witnesses
- The court ruled the supposed witnesses were not newly discovered and that some claims were speculative and baseless
- This is another blow to the ongoing appeals case of Bankman Fried and will strengthen the guilty verdict regarding the fraud case involving FTX
The attempt by Sam Bankman-Fried to reargue one of the largest criminal cases in crypto was met with a bang after the U.S. federal judge denied a retrial. The decision becomes a significant blow to the ex-FTX boss because he still is appealing his conviction.
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