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 <li>Sam Bankman-Fried filed an appeal, accusing Judge Kaplan of bias and limiting key evidence in his defense.</li> 
 <li>SBF’s legal team claims the judge’s rulings tilted the trial in favor of the prosecution.</li> 
 <li>FTX founder was sentenced to 25 years for fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering after an $8B crypto collapse.</li> 
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former CEO of FTX, is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/technology/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-appeal.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">fighting back</a> against his conviction, alleging bias from the presiding judge. This move follows his 25-year prison sentence for an $8 billion fraud. Bankman-Fried contends that Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s rulings hindered his ability to mount a proper defense, warranting a new trial. 
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-bankman-fried-s-legal-team-files-102-page-appeal-against-judge">Bankman-Fried’s Legal Team Files 102-Page Appeal Against Judge</h2> 
On September 13, Bankman-Fried’s legal team filed a 102-page document that challenges several key rulings made by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan during his trial. The FTX founder was handed a<a href="https://t.me/telonews/10070" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 25-year jail sentence</a> earlier this year after being found guilty of fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering connected to the dramatic collapse of his crypto platform. 
<a href="https://coinedition.com/caroline-ellison-seeks-leniency-in-ftx-case-citing-cooperation-in-trial/">Read also: Caroline Ellison Seeks Leniency in FTX Case, Citing Cooperation in Trial</a> 
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