In early January, "SBF", as he is nicknamed, had already pleaded not guilty to eight charges, mainly related to the fraud he is accused of in connection with his management of FTX.
Bankman-Fried and other executives are accused of using FTX client accounts, without their knowledge, to fuel the speculative operations of Alameda, his investment firm.
A significant part of the sums allegedly embezzled were not recovered by the new team responsible for carrying out the orderly liquidation of the company.
Extradited to the United States from the Bahamas in December, "SBF" faces decades in prison. His trial is scheduled to begin in October in New York.
Among the new charges added to the case by the Manhattan federal prosecutor's office, Damian Williams, is corruption.
U.S. officials allege Bankman-Fried bribes Chinese officials to regain access to frozen assets.
According to the document filed Tuesday, Bankman-Fried had these funds transferred in 2021 to get Chinese authorities to get their hands on more than a billion dollars of cryptocurrencies housed in accounts in the name of Alameda.
U.S. officials do not say whether or not the move ended the sanctions.
Then the second largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX filed for bankruptcy in November, victim of a crisis of confidence and requests for mass withdrawals from customers.
Also indicted, two other former executives of FTX and Alameda, Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison, pleaded guilty to several counts and agreed to cooperate with the US authorities, unlike Mr. Bankman-Fried, who contests the charges against him.
Once credited with a personal fortune of $26 billion, Sam Bankman-Fried is also accused of investing, without authorization, funds from FTX clients in real estate in the Bahamas.
The federal prosecutor in Manhattan also accuses him of using these same funds to make donations to Democratic political figures, including Joe Biden, during his presidential campaign.
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