DOJ 打擊 FTX 連接

在正在進行的 FTX 事件的最新進展中，聯邦檢察官對前 FTX 高管 Ryan Salame 的國內合夥人米歇爾邦德 (Michelle Bond) 提出指控

The latest development in the ongoing FTX saga sees federal prosecutors charging Michelle Bond, the domestic partner of former FTX executive Ryan Salame, with violating campaign finance laws. This comes just a day after Salame made a last-ditch effort to have his conviction vacated or blocked.

FTX 事件的最新進展是，聯邦檢察官指控 FTX 前高管 Ryan Salame 的國內合夥人米歇爾邦德 (Michelle Bond) 違反競選財務法。就在一天前，薩拉梅為撤銷或撤銷定罪做出了最後努力。

According to the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, Bond, who unsuccessfully ran for a congressional seat in New York last year, allegedly used $400,000 from the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, where her partner was an executive, to finance her campaign.

據曼哈頓美國檢察官辦公室稱，去年在紐約競選國會席位失敗的邦德據稱使用了加密貨幣交易所 FTX 的 40 萬美元來資助她的競選活動，她的搭檔是 FTX 的高管。

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) deemed Bond's actions a clear violation of laws prohibiting corporate contributions to political campaigns. US Attorney Damian Williams said:

美國司法部 (DOJ) 認為邦德的行為明顯違反了禁止企業捐款給政治競選的法律。美國檢察官達米安威廉斯說：

“As alleged, Michelle Bond and her co-conspirator romantic partner attempted to fund her campaign for the US House of Representatives by illegally using hundreds of thousands of dollars from corporate coffers, among other sources, and then lying to Congress and others to cover it all up. Misconduct by those campaigning for public office undermines public trust in American elections and in representative government more broadly. This Office is committed to holding elected officials and candidates accountable if they break the law.”

「正如指控的那樣，米歇爾邦德和她的同謀浪漫伴侶試圖通過非法使用公司金庫等來源的數十萬美元來資助她競選美國眾議院議員，然後向國會和其他機構撒謊來掩蓋這筆資金都起來了。競選公職者的不當行為損害了公眾對美國選舉和更廣泛的代議制政府的信任。該辦公室致力於追究民選官員和候選人違法的責任。

While prosecutors did not explicitly name Salame or FTX in their announcement, the connection was clear. Salame, who pleaded guilty last year to making tens of millions of dollars in unlawful campaign contributions to boost causes supported by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, had recently urged a judge to vacate his guilty plea.

雖然檢察官在聲明中沒有明確點名 Salame 或 FTX，但兩者之間的聯繫是顯而易見的。 Salame 去年承認為推動 FTX 創始人 Sam Bankman-Fried 支持的事業提供了數千萬美元的非法競選捐款，最近敦促法官撤銷他的認罪。

In his court filing, Salame accused prosecutors of reneging on an assurance they would not investigate Bond – whom he described as the mother of his child – if he pleaded guilty.

薩拉姆在法庭文件中指責檢察官違背了承諾，如果邦德認罪，他們將不會調查邦德——他稱邦德是孩子的母親。

Prosecutors have seemingly disregarded that promise, expanding their investigation into the web of financial and political entanglements surrounding the collapse of the FTX exchange.

檢察官似乎無視這項承諾，將調查範圍擴大到圍繞 FTX 交易所倒閉的金融和政治糾葛網絡。

Bond, also a former cryptocurrency trade group Association for Digital Asset Markets employee, faces four criminal counts, including causing and receiving an unlawful contribution and causing and receiving a straw contribution.

邦德也是前加密貨幣貿易組織數位資產市場協會的員工，面臨四項刑事指控，包括造成和接受非法捐款以及造成和接受秸稈捐款。

The prosecutors have not yet disclosed the bond's sentence date. On the other hand, Salame faces a 7-and-a-half-year prison sentence starting October 13.

檢察官尚未透露債券的判決日期。另一方面，Salame 從 10 月 13 日起將面臨 7 年半的監禁。

At the time of writing, FTX’s native token FTT is trading at $1.48, posting significant gains of over 13% in the last 24 hours alone, along with a 300% increase in trading volume to $37 million, according to CoinGecko data.

根據 CoinGecko 的數據，截至撰寫本文時，FTX 原生代幣 FTT 的交易價格為 1.48 美元，僅在過去 24 小時內就大幅上漲了 13% 以上，交易量增長了 300% 至 3700 萬美元。

However, the FTT token is down 98% from its all-time high of $84 reached in September 2021, just before the exchange collapsed under the leadership of its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence.

然而，FTT 代幣較2021 年9 月達到的84 美元的歷史高點下跌了98%，就在該交易所在前首席執行官Sam Bankman-Fried（目前正在服刑25 年徒刑）的領導下倒閉之前。