Jury begin deliberating whether FTX founder is guilty of stealing billions

Sam Bankman-Fried is accused of stealing billions from customers (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

A New York jury began deliberating on Thursday whether FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was guilty of fraud in the disappearance of billions of dollars from his customers’ accounts on the cryptocurrency exchange he created four years ago.

The Manhattan federal court jury began its work after a judge explained the law that will steer them through seven charges lodged against the California man.