FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to Latest Federal Charges

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty Thursday to new federal charges tied to the collapse of the crypto exchange while his lawyer said he plans to challenge the new criminal counts, arguing they violate the terms of the former chief executive's extradition. Mr. Bankman-Fried appeared in a New York federal court to be arraigned on five charges that federal prosecutors unveiled in recent indictments, including one this week that alleged he conspired to bribe Chinese government officials in violation of a U.S. anticorruption law. His lawyer Mark Cohen entered the not guilty plea for Mr. Bankman-Fried during the proceeding.