The trial will finish with closing arguments on Wednesday earlier than the jury deliberates
As Sam Bankman-Fried took the stand for the final time in his trial for fraud and cash laundering, his essential lawyer, Mark Cohen, returned to query him on numerous themes that prosecutors touched on prior to now few days. However this time, he took a special method, presenting the defendant as an individual who was performing in good religion.
“We lived and died by having a greater product than opponents,” Bankman-Fried mentioned of his now-bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX. Bankman-Fried owned majority stakes in each FTX and its sister buying and selling agency, Alameda Analysis, however insisted he wished the most effective for each.
Bankman-Fried has been testifying since Thursday afternoon, and the prosecution has grilled him for the previous few days as part of their cross-examination. On Tuesday, when the protection attorneys returned to reexamine him, he was swaying barely on the stand, shoulders drawn down and ahead. He spoke softly, however was extra talkative than earlier within the day and on Monday when he was being questioned.
Opposite to the image prosecutors tried to color, Bankman-Fried insisted that he was not concerned within the day-to-day buying and selling operations of Alameda or its “core operations,” however as an alternative emphasised his concern for its management on the time, saying he wished to be concerned in lots of its enterprise investments, selections on hedging, and different areas.
