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China
Caroline Ellison testified about efforts to unlock Alameda accounts at two China-based exchanges and described what she believed was a large bribe to Chinese government officials. The court instructed jurors that they could consider the evidence only for limited purposes, not as proof of a charged bribery offense.
China
MentionedFederal Criminal Trial
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The China-related evidence was admitted for the limited purposes of addressing motive and the relationship of trust and confidence between Bankman-Fried and Ellison. The court expressly stated that no crime involving a possible bribe in China was charged.