New York CNN —The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, a onetime crypto billionaire who stands accused of orchestrating a multibillion-dollar fraud, kicked off Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan.
Here are the key things to know about the case, and what we might see over the next several weeks at the trial.
Prosecutors opted in June to sever five other charges that were brought after Bankman-Fried’s extradition from the Bahamas, where FTX was based.
Sam Bankman-Fried leaving the Bahamas on December 21, 2022, being extradited to the US to face charges.
He was arrested in December in the Bahamas on charges including fraud and conspiracy and extradited to the United States in January.
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