{"id":369635,"date":"2023-10-31T15:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T15:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=369635"},"modified":"2023-10-31T15:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T15:39:37","slug":"sbfs-defense-claims-ftx-had-no-fiduciary-relationship-with-customers-on-technicality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sbfs-defense-claims-ftx-had-no-fiduciary-relationship-with-customers-on-technicality\/","title":{"rendered":"SBF&#8217;s defense claims FTX had no fiduciary relationship with customers on technicality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/sam-bankman-fried\/\">Sam Bankman-Fried<\/a>&#8216;s defense team has <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940\/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940.340.1.pdf\">filed a request<\/a> to include jury instructions that ask the jury to consider the influence of English law on FTX's terms of service.<\/p>\n<p>In an unusual request, Bankman-Fried's legal team has asked the court to reject the idea that FTX and its customers technically had any fiduciary relationship on the grounds that FTX's Terms of Service are governed under English law.<\/p>\n<h2>Lack of fiduciary relationship<\/h2>\n<p>The government's main charges against SBF are related to defrauding FTX customers. In Count One of the indictment, the prosecution alleges that:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;[SBF] engaged in a scheme to defraud customers of FTX by misappropriating those customers\u2019 deposits, and using those deposits to pay expenses and debts of Alameda to make investments, and for other purposes.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To substantiate this claim, the government asserts that such a scheme would require the presence of a trust, fiduciary relationship, or a similar relationship between FTX and its customers.<\/p>\n<p>The defense's addendum challenges the prosecution's assertion based on the fact that FTX's relationship with its customers was governed by the company's &#8220;Terms of Service,&#8221; which were in evidence as &#8220;Exhibit GX-558.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to these terms, they would be &#8220;governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.&#8221; The defense argued that this makes the interpretation and legal consequences of the Terms of Service a matter of English law.<\/p>\n<p>The central argument presented in the addendum is that, under English law, the Terms of Service did not establish a trust or a similar fiduciary relationship between FTX and its customers. The defense contends that this is not a matter of subjective expectations or beliefs but rather an objective assessment of the contractual language.<\/p>\n<h2>Legal precedents<\/h2>\n<p>The defense highlighted legal precedent, citing cases such as &#8220;Lukoil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. v. Ocean Tankers (Pte) Ltd&#8221; and &#8220;Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v. 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However, subjective intentions are deemed irrelevant, and subsequent statements about intentions are disregarded.<\/p>\n<p>The defense claims that when applying these principles of English law, the Terms of Service in question do not establish a trust or similar fiduciary relationship between FTX and its customers.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Terms of Service do not contain the necessary legal terminology or language to create such a relationship and, in some instances, expressly disclaim any fiduciary relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Bankman-Fried&#8216;s defense team has filed a request to include jury instructions that ask the jury to consider the influence of English law on FTX&#8217;s terms of service. 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