According to BlockBeats, on September 6, The Block reported that U.S. prosecutors said they did not violate the plea agreement reached with former FTX executive Ryan Salame and did not promise to stop investigating his partner Michelle Bond. Ryan Salame previously accused prosecutors of "threatening" his partner and the mother of his eight-month-old child during plea negotiations, adding that he pleaded guilty only because the government promised to end the investigation of Michelle Bond. But prosecutors emphasized that they repeatedly told Salame's lawyers that pleading guilty would not affect the ongoing investigation of Bond.
Salame pleaded guilty in September to participating in an illegal political donation conspiracy and operating an unregistered money transmission business and was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. Bond was charged last month with using illegal funds to finance his campaign for the New York State Assembly. Prosecutors also revealed that Salame was suspected of misconduct during his time at FTX, including using other people's identity information to open accounts and overseeing the payment of bribes to immigration officials.
