In USA v. Sam Bankman-Fried, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charges of fraud, money laundering, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, unlawful political contributions, and bribery of “one or more Chinese government officials in order to regain access to Alameda trading accounts that had been frozen by Chinese law enforcement authorities” were included in the fifth superseding indictment.