Bankman-Fried heads for trial in the US on charges of stealing billions from FTX users

Bankman-Fried heads for trial in the US on charges of stealing billions from FTX users

FILE PHOTO: Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of crypto currency exchange FTX, is escorted out of the Magistrate Court building in Nassau, Bahamas December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo

Sam Bankman-Fried is set to go on trial on charges of stealing billions of dollars from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange starting on Tuesday, nearly a year after the company’s collapse shocked markets and tattered his reputation.