The US Justice Department is seeking a specialty waiver from the Bahamas to allow parts of the criminal case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to proceed, after he challenged the charges filed against him. Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to charges including bank fraud and awaits an October trial. The US government disagreed with Bankman-Fried's objection to some of the charges filed against him, stating that their treaty with the Bahamas does not limit charging a defendant with new offenses post-extradition. While prosecutors argue that Bankman-Fried cannot object to the charges based on his extradition, they noted that the Bahamian government can stop parts of the case from moving forward.
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