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US prosecutors do not plan a second trial for Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted of stealing from customers of his bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange. The prosecutors stated that the strong public interest in a prompt resolution of the case outweighed the benefits of a second trial. Bankman-Fried's scheduled sentencing in March 2024 will likely include orders of forfeiture and restitution for his victims. Jurors convicted Bankman-Fried on all seven fraud and conspiracy counts he faced. Bankman-Fried could face decades in prison. NEW YORK: US prosecutors said they do not plan to conduct a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried , who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange . In a letter filed on Friday night in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said the "strong public interest" in a prompt resolution of their case against the 31-year-old former billionaire outweighed the benefits of a second trial. Prosecutors said that interest "weighs particularly heavily here," given that Bankman-Fried's scheduled March 28, 2024, sentencing will likely include orders of forfeiture and restitution for victims of his crimes. Jurors on Nov. 2 convicted Bankman-Fried on all seven fraud and conspiracy counts he faced. Prosecutors had accused him of looting $8 billion from FTX customers out of sheer greed. Lawyers for Bankman-Fried declined to comment. Bankman-Fried had faced six additional charges that had been severed from his first trial, including campaign finance violations, conspiracy to commit bribery, and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. He had been extradited in December 2022 from the Bahamas, where FTX was based, to face the seven earlier charges. The Bahamas has yet to grant its consent for a trial on the remaining charges, however, leaving the timetable uncertain, prosecutors said. Bankman-Fried's verdict came nearly one year after FTX filed for bankruptcy, erasing his once-$26 billion personal fortune in one of the fastest collapses of a major participant in US financial markets. Bankman-Fried could face decades in prison when he is sentenced by US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan. Prosecutors said much of the evidence that could be offered at a second trial was already presented at the first trial. They also said a second trial would not affect how much time Bankman-Fried could face in prison under recommended federal guidelines, because Kaplan could consider all of Bankman-Fried's conduct when sentencing him for the counts on which he was convicted. Bankman-Fried is expected to appeal his conviction. He testified at trial that he made mistakes running FTX, including by not creating a team to oversee risk management, but did not steal customer funds. Bankman-Fried also said he thought the borrowing of money from FTX by his crypto-focused hedge fund Alameda Research was permissible, and that he did not realize how precarious their finances had become until shortly before both collapsed. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate has been jailed since August, when Kaplan revoked his bail after concluding that Bankman-Fried had likely tampered with prospective trial witnesses. The case is US v Bankman-Fried, US District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 22-cr-00673. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Visual Stories Previous 10 Most Affordable Cities in India to Buy a House business Most Visited Monuments in India business The Pros and Cons of Investing in Value Stocks business Investing in Small-Cap Stocks: Top 10 Tips for Absolute Beginners business 10 Ways to Earn Money Online by Selling Physical Products business Richest Cricket Players Across the World business 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Warren Buffett’s Investment Process business Priyanka Chopra Net Worth: Know How Rich is Global Actress business Top 10 Benefits of Investing in Small-Cap Stocks business 15 Best Tax Saving Schemes in India business Next 1 2 3 TOP TRENDS Vijayakant Death News India Covid Cases Israel Embassy Delhi Ayodhya Railway Station Amrit Bharat Fares Vijayakanth Funeral
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