SEC Charges Sam Bankman-Fried With Defrauding FTX Investors

Dec 13, 2022

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of defunct crypto exchange FTX, for defrauding investors of his platform. Braden Perry, Kennyhertz Perry partner and former CFTC senior trial lawyer, discusses the filing and what this means for the crypto industry. "These SEC charges don't move the needle when it comes to the regulation of the spot market for bitcoin."

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