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As the commencement day of the proceedings of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) approaches, caller tribunal filings bespeak that SBF could wage his adept witnesses much than $1000 an hr should they attest connected his behalf.
SBF whitethorn telephone 7 adept witnesses to attest astatine his fraud proceedings that is presently scheduled for Oct. 2, 2023. The projected adept witnesses see Lawrence Akka, Thomas Bishop, Brian Kim, Joseph Pimbley, Bradley Smith, Peter Vinella and Andrew Di Wu.
Some of the witnesses — specified arsenic erstwhile Federal Election Commission Chairperson Bradley Smith — volition charge SBF’s ineligible squad $1,200 an hr to attest astir issues similar the United States’ run concern laws and straw donors, according to a tribunal filing connected Aug. 28.
“I person nary fiscal involvement successful the result of this case. I americium being compensated for my clip and services connected an hourly ground astatine the billing complaint of $1,200 per hour,” Smith said successful the filing. The papers added:
“My compensation successful this lawsuit is not successful immoderate mode contingent oregon based connected the opinions presented herein oregon connected the result of these ineligible proceedings.”Other adept witnesses, including Akka and Pimbley would charge 800 British pounds ($1,000) and $720 per hour, respectively, should they testify, according to the tribunal filings. Other hourly rates for SBF’s imaginable adept witnesses scope betwixt $400 and $650.
On the different hand, Peter Easton, an accountancy prof astatine the University of Notre Dame, who is simply a projected witnesser for the prosecution, volition complaint $1,175 per hour, the tribunal information shows.
The supra mentioned tribunal filings came arsenic portion of a question by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to ban each 7 adept witnesses from testifying for SBF successful the court.
The DOJ argued that Bankman-Fried’s projected experts and their accompanying disclosures “suffer from an array of deficiencies” and neglect to supply a ground for the opinions.
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“Where the suspect does disclose the expert’s opinions, the opinions are inappropriate subjects for adept testimony, deficiency a reliable methodology oregon ground successful facts and data, oregon are irrelevant, unfairly prejudicial, and confusing to the jury,” the authorization wrote.
The quality amid the past deadline for SBF to petition a postponement of the trial. If the petition is filed by Sept. 1 and approved, SBF's proceedings volition beryllium moved to March 11, 2024.
Bankman-Fried faces 12 transgression charges, which volition beryllium dispersed crossed 2 trials scheduled to statesman connected Oct. 2, 2023 and March 11, 2024. He has pleaded not blameworthy to each counts.
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