Leis atuais são suficientes para acusar Sam Bankman-Fried, afirma o DOJ
U.S. prosecutors said that the current legal framework is sufficient to charge Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, for fraud-related violations. The Department of Justice (DOJ) outlined its position in a filing submitted on Wednesday, countering Bankman-Frieds claims regarding the absence of relevant laws specific to crypto. “While the existence of a law might be relevant to establish a statutory duty of care, the absence of regulation is not relevant to whether money was, in fact, entrusted to the defendants care by his victims,” the DOJ filing said. The debate over crypto regulation, or, rather, the lack of comprehensive rules governing the crypto industry in the U.S., remains a widely discussed issue, with various stakeholders advocating for different approaches ranging from strict regulation to a more permissive regulatory environment. According to the DoJ, any evidence or argument about the absence of regulation could potentially “confuse the jury into believing that there must be a regulation imposing a duty for misappropriation to have occurred.” “There are prohibitions on misappropriating customer assets–they are the very laws that the defendant has been charged for violating,” reads the filing. FTX trial gathers pace The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former founder of FTX and one-time cryptocurrency billionaire,