Former FTX executive Ryan Salame was given time to report to jail Friday and ordered to surrender after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan questioned his continued dog bite story.
Earlier this week, Salameh asked for more time to receive treatment, saying he was still recovering from injuries suffered by a dog last June. When he first asked the court for a delay several months ago, the request was granted, delaying Salameh’s scheduled surrender.
Two pages by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan controlHe wrote that Salame had already “benefited from a very generous performance”. He ruled that Salameh must surrender to prison by 2pm ET on Friday, questioning the veracity of previous statements.
The government opposed Salame’s most recent request, arguing that the former executive “appeared to have recovered significantly” from his encounter with the dog at a court session last month. The treatments and surgeries he wants now “seem to be mostly cosmetic and non-urgent,” they said, adding that he appeared “intact” in a recent interview with Tucker Carlson.
Although posted on Thursday, Carlson’s recorded interview appears to be several weeks old. Salame said he was considering plans to appeal his plea after the feds brought charges against his partner, Michelle Bond. This story happened in court in August. He also speculated about the prison sentence of former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, who was finally sentenced on September 24.
Judge Kaplan sentenced Salameh to 90 months in prison in May. Shortly before FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried went to trial last year, Salame entered into a plea agreement, pleading guilty to violating campaign finance laws and operating an unlicensed money transfer business.
Salameh’s sentence is significantly less than the 25 years in prison Bankman-Fried received for fraud and money laundering, but U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Salameh, a onetime FTX lieutenant, committed serious crimes to accumulate “illicit political influence.” said.
Salame, unlike Ellison, the former CEO of FTX’s customer-churn sister company Alameda Research, did not testify against Bankman-Fried. Although her cooperation with the government investigation into FTX was a factor, she still Sentenced to 2 years in prison I was in jail last month.
In an unconventional post on career-focused social media platform LinkedIn, Salame telegraphed the change in her life earlier this week. “I am excited to share that I am starting a new position as an inmate at FCI Cumberland,” the former co-CEO of FTX’s Bahamas subsidiary wrote.
Throughout the aftermath of FTX, Salame maintained that he had been “duped” by Bankman-Fried. filed an appeal Last September, he argued at trial that he was “presumed guilty.”
But prosecutors challenged this notion, highlighting that Salameh withdrew $5 million from FTX, which was on the brink of bankruptcy nearly two years ago. And his impending imprisonment plot Making illegal political contributions and defrauding the Federal Election Commission.
A former executive who will soon succeed his former boss made an indiscreet display online. The former executive, who recently sported a jumpsuit, beard and face tattoos for his profile picture on Twitter (aka X), expressed concern about his Wordle march on Thursday.
Editor: Andrew Hayward
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