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Michelle Bond, 45, was given a no-show gig as an FTX “consultant” from her romantic partner Ryan Salame, a top lieutenant at theThe allegedly funneled cash — which she used to run in the 2022 Republican primary for Long Island’s 1st District — broke federal laws barring corporate contributions and far exceeded individual donation limits, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.Bond, who runs the crypto-boosting Digital Future think-tank in Washington D.
Salame, who has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, accuses prosecutors of “conveying” to him that they would stop probing Bond for campaign finance breaches if he pleaded guilty to conspiring with his boss — convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried — to secretly pump money into political campaigns. Bond, who faces up to five years in prison, was expected to make her first appearance in the case Thursday afternoon in Manhattan federal court. Her attorney information was not immediately available.
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