{"id":28583,"date":"2023-01-09T02:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T02:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/09\/u-s-prosecutors-launch-website-for-bankman-fried-alleged-fraud-victims\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T02:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T02:35:02","slug":"u-s-prosecutors-launch-website-for-bankman-fried-alleged-fraud-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/09\/u-s-prosecutors-launch-website-for-bankman-fried-alleged-fraud-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. prosecutors launch website for Bankman-Fried alleged fraud victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. government has launched a website for victims of FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged fraud to communicate with law enforcement.<\/p>\n

In an order late Friday night, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan authorized federal prosecutors to use the website, and not have to contact victims individually.<\/p>\n

FTX could owe money to more than 1 million people, making it “impracticable” to contact each, prosecutors had said.<\/p>\n

Federal law requires prosecutors to contact possible crime victims to inform them of their rights, including the rights to obtain restitution, be heard in court and be protected from defendants.<\/p>\n

“If you believe that you may have been a victim of fraud by Samuel Bankman-Fried, A\/K\/A\/ ‘SBF,’ please contact the victim\/witness coordinator at the United States Attorney’s office,” the website<\/a> read. The website had gone live by Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Bankman-Fried, 30, has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of wire fraud and conspiracy over November’s collapse of FTX.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors have said he stole billions in FTX customer deposits to pay debts for his hedge fund, Alameda Research, and lied to investors about FTX’s financial condition.<\/p>\n

The onetime billionaire has acknowledged risk management shortcomings, but said he did not consider himself criminally liable.<\/p>\n

Neither the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan nor Bankman-Fried’s lawyers immediately responded to requests for comment on Friday.<\/p>\n

Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York Editing by Leslie Adler, Alexandra Hudson<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Luc Cohen<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomson Reuters<\/p>\n

Reports on the New York federal courts. Previously worked as a correspondent in Venezuela and Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n