'Dirty money': Unpacking the campaign finance charges against Sam Bankman-Fried

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'Dirty money': Unpacking the campaign finance charges against Sam Bankman-Fried
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It's a significant footnote in what prosecutors are calling 'one of the biggest financial frauds in American history.'

Sam Bankman-Fried is escorted out of the Magistrate Court building in Nassau, Bahamas, on Tuesday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Reuters

Bankman-Fried's attorney, Mark S. Cohen, said in a statement that he "is reviewing the charges with his legal team and considering all of his legal options.”Bankman-Fried gave tens of millions to Democratic candidates and groups this cycle. He has said he also made large contributions to Republican political candidates, but did so in a way that hid the donations."[R]eporters freak the f**k out if you donate to a Republican because they’re all super liberal.

It can also be used by a single donor to circumvent campaign contribution limits by parceling out a large donation among multiple straw donors, or by companies trying to get around corporate donation restrictions by routing money through an individual donor., the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged Bankman-Fried illegally steered money from his cryptocurrency trading firm, Alameda Research, to federal political candidates.

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