Federal prosecutors in the United States have pushed back against allegations against FTX executive Ryan Salame, saying they did not renege on the terms of a plea agreement with the former FTX executive that they would cease criminal investigations into Michelle Bond, Salame’s longtime partner and mother of his children. Prosecutors said they never made any such promises to Salame, formally or informally, and that their prosecution of Bond was fair.
In a scathing 32-page memorandum filed Thursday, prosecutors urged U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York to deny Salame’s recent request to enforce the conditions of his plea agreement or to dismiss his guilty plea and vacate his sentence, calling it a “shameless and self-serving attempt to violate his guilty plea and conviction… and to undermine the lawful prosecution of Michelle Bond.” A hearing on the matter is scheduled for September 12, 2024. (Coindesk)