Ronnie Abrams, who handled the Sam Bankman-Fried case in the USA, decided to withdraw from the case, citing possible conflicts of interest.
Judge Lewis Kaplan will replace Judge Ronnie Abrams. Kaplan is also handling several defamation cases against former US President Donald Trump.
Judge Abrams withdrew from the case because his wife Davis Polk & Wardwell Being a partner in a law firm. This firm joined the cryptocurrency exchange FTX in 2021. consultancy service had given.
“My wife wasn’t representing[FTXpersonally)”AbramssaidNeverthelessthisCourthaswithdrawnfromthiscaseinordertoavoidapossibleconflictofinterestorperceptiontoarise”said
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, was arrested in the Bahamas on December 12 and was arrested by the United States. money laundering and fraud accused of.
Bankman-Fried, 30, extradited to the US last week, was released on the condition that he remains in custody at his family’s home in California on $250 million bail and is awaiting trial.