Sam Bankman-Fried asks the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his fraud conviction tied to the collapse of FTX and to challenge the forfeiture order of about $11 billion. In filings, his lawyers argue the trial prevented him from presenting evidence they say would have shown FTX had sufficient assets to cover customer losses.
Both outlets report that the defense frames the case as a legal and procedural dispute. The Block highlights the claim that Bankman-Fried was unfairly barred from offering testimony regarding the company’s alleged asset coverage. Decrypt adds that the lawyers also argue he was blocked from making the case that customers lost nothing, and they describe the forfeiture as a severe penalty. The reporting reflects differences in emphasis—one focusing on evidentiary restrictions, the other also characterizing the forfeiture and the defense’s broader argument about customer losses—while both agree on the same core requests for Supreme Court review.
