A former CFTC enforcement lawyer says Sam Bankman-Fried's media tour was a huge mistake that would 'distress any criminal defense attorney'

Dec 13 2022 by Business Insider

 
Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX CEO, at a digital assets hearing in 2021.

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A former CFTC enforcement attorney weighed in on Sam Bankman-Fried's "ill-advised public relations tour." The disgraced FTX founder said "fuck regulators" in an interview with a Vox reporter last month.  "The more he speaks, the more potential admissions he gives prosecutors," the former official told Insider.

In the month leading up to his arrest, Sam Bankman-Fried went on a...

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