More charges for FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried faces four additional charges; Israel and Gaza exchange fire after West Bank raid.

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The latest charges against Sam Bankman-Fried

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• Federal prosecutors unveiled additional charges Thursday against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried over the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange. [Vox / Andrew Prokop]
• Bankman-Fried, 30, now faces 12 charges including conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transfer business. [ABC News / Aaron Katersky]
• The new indictment also alleges Bankman-Fried used FTX customer funds to make hundreds of illegal campaign contributions to Democrats and Republicans through secret donors. [NBC News / Alex Seitz-Wald]
• Prosecutors say Bankman-Fried used two FTX executives to give to right-wing and left-wing causes to evade the Federal Election Commission and avoid appearing too partisan. [Washington Post / Julian Mark and Isaac Stanley-Becker]
• Bankman-Fried is free on a $250 million bond. He faces an additional 40 years in prison if convicted on the new charges. [CNBC / Dan Mangan and Brian Schwartz]

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Israeli airstrikes target Gaza

• Israel fired two airstrikes targeting weapons and manufacturing sites in Gaza on Thursday, after the military said Palestinian militants launched rockets at Israeli territory. [CNN]
• The exchange comes a day after an Israeli raid killed at least 11 Palestinians and injured dozens in the West Bank city of Nablus. Israel claims it was searching for people planning an attack. [NBC News / Phil Helsel]
• The Nablus raid was one of the deadliest Israeli West Bank operations since the 2005 Palestinian uprising. [Guardian / Bethan McKernan]
• The escalating violence coincides with the election of a new hardline government; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel would “continue to take strong action on all fronts.” [BBC / David Gritten]

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