Ex-FTX Executive Ryan Salame Could Forfeit $1.5B as Part of Guilty Plea
Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried used Salame as a “straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates.
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Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Talking to Prosecutors About Plea Deal: Bloomberg
It was not known whether Salame would cooperate with prosecutors and testify against FTX co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Ties to George Santos Are Just the Beginning
The indicted congressman, who wildly embellished his background, received big donations from FTX executives. That was just one strand in Bankman-Fried’s tangled influence-peddling web.