Former FTX executive Ryan Salame's request to postpone his sentence was rejected by the judge and he will start serving his sentence today

PANews reported on October 11 that, according to CoinDesk, former FTX executive Ryan Salame was convicted of violating U.S. election law for donating millions of dollars in the previous congressional election. He tried to postpone his sentence at the last minute to treat the dog bite on his face, but was rejected. Salame had criticized the prosecution against him on social media. He was originally supposed to begin serving a sentence of more than seven years in prison on August 29, but he told the court that he was bitten by a large German shepherd, causing his sentence to be postponed to October 11. Earlier this week, he requested another delay. However, during his interview with Tucker Carlson, there were no obvious signs that he was impeded by the injury - when the court rejected Salame's efforts, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York noted this fact. Salame claimed he needed "urgent and necessary medical and surgical" treatment, but could not be immediately imprisoned, and the prosecution responded that he appeared to be in good condition. The prosecutor said that when he appeared in court last month, he "showed no signs of drooling or slurred speech" when answering questions, and then accepted Carlson's interview, during which Salame "appeared to have fully recovered and suffered no harm." The judge pointed out that Salame had already "benefited from an extremely generous postponement of his imprisonment" and expressed doubts about the "credibility" of Salame's claims.