{"id":8475,"date":"2023-10-30T23:51:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T23:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/sam-bankman-frieds-infamous-media-tour-backfires-as-prosecutors-wield-his-own-words-against-him\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T23:51:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T23:51:49","slug":"sam-bankman-frieds-infamous-media-tour-backfires-as-prosecutors-wield-his-own-words-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=8475","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s infamous media tour backfires as prosecutors wield his own words against him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sam Bankman-Fried got another shot at cross-examination on Monday, taking the stand at the same federal courthouse in New York where he testified last week in an unusual evidentiary hearing without the presence of jurors\u2014to disastrous effect<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The second time around, Bankman-Fried adopted a different style, but it didn\u2019t go any better for the disgraced FTX crypto mogul as he suffered through a barrage of questions from Department of Justice prosecutor Danielle Sassoon in front of a full jury box. <\/p>\n

While he initially stumbled through with a jumbled mess of words<\/a> interspersed with \u201cums\u201d and \u201cyups,\u201d Bankman-Fried this time frequently told Sassoon he didn\u2019t recall what she was referring to\u2014even when it was statements he directly wrote or made to coworkers and reporters. The result was a tortured few hours with Sassoon asking him about his recollections, Bankman-Fried demurring, and Sassoon introducing exhibits that suggested he knew\u2014or at one point knew\u2014exactly what she was talking about. <\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t recall\u2019<\/h2>\n

Before last week, the question of whether Bankman-Fried would even take the stand remained open<\/a>. Many defendants decline to testify for fear of self-incrimination, with their attorneys instead calling other witnesses to make the case for innocence. <\/p>\n

But after a bruising array of witnesses from prosecutors that included several members of Bankman-Fried\u2019s inner circle\u2014all of whom testified that they had committed fraud by stealing customer funds at his direction\u2014Bankman-Fried made the decision to plead his case to the jury.<\/p>\n

Bankman-Fried\u2019s decision to take the stand also came as U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan repeatedly told his attorneys they could not put forth their preferred defense, which was that Bankman-Fried had acted under the counsel of his lawyers at FTX. Instead, Bankman-Fried\u2019s direct testimony shifted blame<\/a> to other FTX executives, including the prosecution\u2019s three star witnesses: Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison<\/a>, FTX CTO Gary Wang<\/a>, and FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh<\/a>, all former friends of Bankman-Fried. <\/p>\n

In Monday\u2019s cross-examination before the jury, Sassoon brought up evidence that Bankman-Fried was in fact aware of all the problems and illegal behavior at FTX, including his trading firm Alameda\u2019s large debt to FTX and its special privileges that allowed it to steal customer deposits from FTX. <\/p>\n

To prove Bankman-Fried\u2019s awareness of an activity, she frequently pointed to statements he had made to reporters during his infamous media tour in December 2022, right after the collapse of FTX. These included interviews conducted with outlets including Bloomberg<\/em> and The<\/em> Financial Times<\/em>. Even as Bankman-Fried asserted that he didn\u2019t remember the specifics of the interviews, they provided Sassoon with a wealth of evidence to show his exact comments\u2014many of them damning. <\/p>\n

\u2018More leeway\u2019<\/h2>\n

Sitting in the witness box, Bankman-Fried seemed agitated, his eyes darting back and forth as he responded with contrite answers. At one point, Sassoon played an audio recording from an interview and asked if it was his voice. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds like it,\u201d Bankman-Fried said.<\/p>\n

Sassoon often responded with her own sarcastic quips. After introducing written evidence about FTX trading policies, Bankman-Fried\u2019s attorneys said they had no objections if the evidence was not being used for the truth of the matter asserted in the material. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t think the representations were accurate, so, no, it\u2019s not being offered for its truth,\u201d Sassoon said. <\/p>\n

After last week\u2019s fiery cross-examination without the jury present, Monday\u2019s testimony seemed more like a slow-moving chess match where neither side was willing to concede a single point. Instead, Bankman-Fried\u2019s favorite response was \u201cI don\u2019t recall.\u201d <\/p>\n

For the key question as to whether Alameda had misappropriated $8 billion of FTX customer assets, Bankman-Fried said he could not answer because of the lack of specifics around the platform\u2019s margin-lending program. <\/p>\n

Recalling moments from his media tour, Sassoon asked about an interview Bankman-Fried conducted with Bloomberg<\/em> reporter Zeke Faux at the infamous Bahamas penthouse<\/a> after FTX collapsed. In the article<\/a>, Bankman-Fried said that Alameda didn\u2019t follow the same margin rules as other traders and had \u201cmore leeway.\u201d On the stand, Bankman-Fried refused to admit to the contents of the interviews. <\/p>\n

Sassoon\u2019s cross-examination likely will continue for at least two hours on Tuesday morning. After a re-direct from the defense, a rebuttal from the prosecution, and closing arguments from both sides, the case could wrap up by the end of this week. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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