sam bankman fried leaving court
Sam Bankman-Fried.
  • Sam Bankman-Fried is set to go on trial in October to face eight criminal charges.
  • But the FTX founder has lost much of his fortune, once worth billions of dollars.
  • Lawyers say he has funded his defense with $10 million of company funds he previously gave to his dad.

Sam Bankman-Fried is paying for his criminal defense lawyers with millions of dollars misappropriated from FTX, according to a complaint filed by the company.