{"id":355737,"date":"2023-09-07T19:20:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=355737"},"modified":"2023-09-08T08:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T07:49:16","slug":"former-ftx-co-ceo-ryan-salame-pleads-guilty-to-all-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/former-ftx-co-ceo-ryan-salame-pleads-guilty-to-all-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame pleads guilty, forfeits $1.55B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former FTX co-CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/ryan-salame\/\">Ryan Salame<\/a> is expected to plead guilty to the criminal charges against him on Thursday,\u00a0 <em><span class=\"s4\">Bloomberg <\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-09-07\/ex-ftx-executive-salame-to-plead-guilty-to-criminal-charges?leadSource=uverify%20wall\">reported<\/a> on Sept. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Salame was jointly in charge of FTX Digital Markets with <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/sam-bankman-fried\/\">Sam Bankman-Fried<\/a> before the exchange collapsed last November.<\/p>\n<p>The former executive is scheduled to appear at the Manhattan federal court on Thursday to plead guilty. This development comes about a month prior to the scheduled start of Bankman-Fried's trial, in which he faces multiple felony charges.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the agreement, he consented to a money judgment of $1.55 billion representing property involved in the offense.<\/p>\n<p>The plea agreement also requires Salame to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.docdroid.net\/j71g1oq\/forfeit-salami-pdf#page=8\">forfeit<\/a> four substitute assets to help satisfy the judgment: two homes in Lenox, Massachusetts; his ownership in a farm corporation; and a 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S. Salame agreed to transfer all assets to the government before his sentencing and pay $6 million by that date.<\/p>\n<p>If Salame fulfills the requirements, the government agreed not to seek further substitute assets. But if he fails to transfer all agreed-upon assets by sentencing, the government may take action to seize other assets up to the full $1.55 billion.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Former associates likely to testify.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Salame's guilty plea implies that the Department of Justice now has four former associates of Bankman-Fried, including Salame, to testify against him. The <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ftx-associates-caroline-ellison-gary-wang-plead-guilty-to-criminal-charges\/\">others<\/a> include the exchange's co-founder Gary Wang, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, and former FTX executive Nishad Singh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-7\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Salame's testimony holds potential significance, particularly regarding the illegal campaign finance charges against SBF. Although these charges were temporarily removed from the upcoming October trial due to an extradition treaty, they are slated for inclusion in a subsequent trial next year.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure at FTX, Salame emerged as a substantial Republican Party contributor, channeling $24 million to various candidates. With prosecutors alleging that SBF directed political donations through other executives, Salame's testimony could substantiate these claims.<\/p>\n<p>Despite SBF's <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sbf-pleads-not-guilty-to-all-13-federal-indictments\/\">persistent claims<\/a> of innocence, emphasizing <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sam-bankman-fried-pleads-not-guilty-as-lawyers-complain-about-neglected-vegan-diet-prescription-medications\/\">reliance<\/a> on expert advice, the situation has taken a turn since the court <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sam-bankman-fried-arrested-as-bail-is-revoked\/\">revoked<\/a> his bail.<\/p>\n<p><em>Updated 8:45 am Sept. 8 to include forfeiture.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame is expected to plead guilty to the criminal charges against him on Thursday,\u00a0 Bloomberg reported on Sept. 7. Salame was jointly in charge of FTX Digital Markets with Sam Bankman-Fried before the exchange collapsed last November. The former executive is scheduled to appear at the Manhattan federal court on Thursday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":720,"featured_media":355746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77901,39,77968],"tags":[76833,77611,77612],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame pleads guilty, forfeits $1.55B<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former FTX executive Ryan Salame would reportedly plead guilty to the criminal charges against him.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/former-ftx-co-ceo-ryan-salame-pleads-guilty-to-all-charges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame pleads guilty, forfeits $1.55B\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former FTX executive Ryan Salame would reportedly plead guilty to the criminal charges against him.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/former-ftx-co-ceo-ryan-salame-pleads-guilty-to-all-charges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CryptoSlate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-07T18:20:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-08T07:49:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/us-justice-guilty.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/former-ftx-co-ceo-ryan-salame-pleads-guilty-to-all-charges\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/former-ftx-co-ceo-ryan-salame-pleads-guilty-to-all-charges\/\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/#person\",\"name\":\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/#authorimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/profile-photo-oluwapelumi-adejumo-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/profile-photo-oluwapelumi-adejumo-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\"},\"jobTitle\":\"Senior Reporter\",\"description\":\"Oluwapelumi values Bitcoin's potential. 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