FTX Executive Ryan Salame Asks For Prison Sentencing Delay After Dog Attack
Former FTX executive and co-CEO of FTX Markets Ryan Salame is requesting his prison surrender date for criminal charges stemming from his time at Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange be pushed back after being “mauled” by a dog.
According to the request made Friday, Salame suffered a “dog-bite injury to the face” after being “mauled by a German Shepherd while visiting a friend’s house” on June 29 and was evaluated by a doctor on July 3.
Lawyers for the former crypto executive are asking Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to postpone Salame’s August 29 sentencing appearance to October 13 so he can “undergo urgent and necessary medical treatment and surgery.”
Got bit in the face by a dog (my fault not the dogs) and all I can think is I hope this surgeon isn't a democrat who knows I'm a republican
— Ryan Salame (@rsalame7926) June 29, 2024
“Got bit in the face by a dog (my fault not the dogs) and all I can think is I hope this surgeon isn’t a democrat who knows I’m a republican,” Salame posted to X on June 29.
Large parts of the former SBF associate’s letter to Kaplan, including images of the purported injury, have been redacted.
Salame pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws, defrauding the Federal Election Commission, and conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business last September.
The former co-CEO of FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary FTX Markets was formally sentenced to 7.5 years in prison in May.
Salame’s criminal troubles follow the dramatic collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange in November 2022 amid the revelation that FTX and its sister company, Alameda Research, misappropriated over $8 billion in customer funds.
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