Former SEC Chairman and current Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) Jay Clayton stated that prosecutors and defense attorneys can explore a "potential resolution" in the criminal case involving former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame's wife, Michelle Bond.
In a document submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday, Clayton requested that the judge overseeing Bond's case waive seven days under the Speedy Trial Act so that both parties could "discuss resolving this matter without a trial."
This document was submitted after Bond's attorney made a similar request to delay proceedings by three days. Judge George Daniels signed an order on the same day canceling a meeting originally scheduled for July 15 and scheduling oral arguments on a motion for July 22.
Clayton wrote in the document, "The government hereby requests a waiver of time, believing it is in the interest of justice and prioritizes the public and the defendant's best interests in a speedy trial, as it will allow both parties to prepare and review evidence, consider possible motion practices, and discuss resolving this matter without a trial."
Bond was indicted in August 2024 on campaign finance charges related to her failed attempt to run for a U.S. House seat in 2022. Her attorney argued in the motion that at least one charge should be dismissed, claiming that prosecutors had verbally agreed not to investigate Bond based on Salame's plea agreement.
Clayton's letter marks the first time the former SEC chairman has intervened in a cryptocurrency-related criminal case since being sworn in as the acting head of SDNY in April. He will be allowed to serve as acting U.S. Attorney until August 20 without Senate confirmation or a temporary court extension.
Bond's husband, Salame, was sentenced to over seven years in prison in May 2024 after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors. The former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets is the only individual named in the same indictment as Sam Bankman-Fried who did not testify in the high-profile criminal trial of the former FTX CEO in New York.
Salame initially attempted to withdraw his plea agreement, claiming prosecutors had indicated they would not pursue charges against Bond if he pleaded guilty. However, his attorney later withdrew that motion, and Salame began serving his sentence in October.
Since the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange in 2022, Bond's case remains one of the last few criminal prosecutions related to the exchange.
Bankman-Fried and Salame are currently serving prison sentences, as is former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison. Former FTX executives Nishad Singh and Gary Wang have also pleaded guilty to charges and have been sentenced to time already served.
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