Could Sam Bankman-Fried's 'Blame-the-Lawyers' Strategy Work?

Aug 23, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team published a letter detailing a planned "advice of counsel" strategy, which argues that the FTX founder was acting in "good faith" in loaning funds to FTX and Alameda executives because he was following the advice of lawyers, including law firm Fenwick & West.

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