FTX Exec’s Spouse Alleges Damaged Promise by Prosecutors

She mentioned that federal prosecutors tricked her husband into pleading responsible by promising they’d not go after her.

In a submitting submitted on Could 7 to a federal court docket in New York, Bond’s attorneys repeated claims Salame had made. They argued that the federal government used deceptive ways to get Salame to comply with a deal that in the end despatched him to jail.

In line with the submitting, prosecutors privately mentioned they’d cease investigating Bond—however refused to place that in writing. In the meantime, the court docket doc mentioned:

Mr. Salame and Ms. Bond’s attorneys have been suggested that the settlement to stop investigating Ms. Bond couldn’t be positioned inside the 4 corners of the Salame plea or different written settlement.

Nevertheless, it provides that the federal government nonetheless used the promise as a solution to persuade him to plead responsible.

It additionally acknowledged that there was sufficient disagreement over what guarantees have been made to Salame and Bond {that a} court docket listening to—with entry to extra proof—ought to happen.

In August 2024, federal officers charged Bond with a number of marketing campaign finance violations, together with extreme donations, accepting cash from firms by means of middlemen, and submitting false reviews with election regulators.

Bond’s submitting additionally suggests politics performed an element. She hints that her Republican celebration affiliation might have influenced the costs in opposition to her. Nevertheless, the costs she faces are based mostly on monetary data and marketing campaign donations—not on political opinions.

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