The FTX founder is charged with bribing Chinese officials to unfreeze trading accounts held by Alameda Research. The prosecutors say SPF first tried to hire lawyers to lobby Chinese officials and made fake accounts to trick them. They claim he creased some palms. This guy is going to jail forever.
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