Reuters: SBF will appear in court for a hearing on potential conflicts of interest involving his new lawyer

ChainCatcher news, according to Reuters, the founder of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), will appear in court again this Wednesday. This will be his first court appearance since being convicted of fraud in November. The Manhattan court will hold a hearing regarding potential conflicts of interest involving his new lawyer.

It is reported that in January this year, SBF hired defense attorney Marc Mukasey, who also represents Alex Mashinsky, the founder of the bankrupt cryptocurrency lending firm Celsius Networks. In a court filing on February 6, prosecutors in the Bankman-Fried case stated that Mukasey and his partner Torrey Young might have a conflict of interest because Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research hedge fund used stolen FTX customer funds to repay money borrowed from Celsius.