Nishad Singh, former director of Engineering at FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, left, and Claire Watanabe, former senior executive at FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, exit court in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Former FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried is charged with seven counts of fraud and money laundering following the collapse of his cryptocurrency empire last year. Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg Topics
Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense attorney Mark S. Cohen started and finished his cross-examination of former FTX head of engineering Nishad Singh with questions about excessive spending, but it was not immediately clear Tuesday whether the questions would damage the jury’s view of Singh and his testimony.
Singh, who is expected to be the government’s last major cooperating witness to testify in the trial, pleaded guilty in February to fraud, money laundering and campaign finance offenses.
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