Ahead of his Tuesday appeal hearing, Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have claimed that the FTX co-founder was unfairly convicted and was not allowed to tell his full story during his 2023 trial.
FTX Founder Claims Unfair Trial
On Tuesday, the legal team of FTX’s co-founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), is set to appeal his fraud conviction and 25-year sentence in a hearing at the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York.
According to a Bloomberg report , SBF’s lawyers have claimed in a previously filed brief that the crypto-exchange founder was wrongly convicted and was never given a fair chance to present his defense due to pressure from the media and prosecutors. “Sam Bankman-Fried was never presumed innocent,” his lawyers reportedly argued in the brief. “He was presumed g

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