Prosecutors asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to consider Nishad Singh’s “substantial assistance” to the government in its case against Sam Bankman-Fried at sentencing.
Prosecutors said former FTX engineering director Nishad Singh, who pleaded guilty and cooperated with authorities, provided “substantial assistance” to the United States government, hinting the judge should be lenient at sentencing.
In an Oct. 23 filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, US Attorney Damian Williams asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to consider Singh’s cooperation, which helped in the prosecution of former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried and former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame. Singh is scheduled to appear before the judge on Oct. 30 for sentencing after pleading guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges in 2023.
According to prosecutors, Singh’s testimony at SBF’s trial was a “core part” of the government’s case by helping the jury understand “how FTX’s code permitted the illegal use of customers’ funds” and “identif[ying] in detail the transactions by Bankman-Fried that involved the use of stolen money.”
