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[ad_1] Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled co-founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has retained New York defense attorney Mark Cohen to represent him. Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled co-founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has retained New York defense attorney Mark Cohen to represent him, according to Bankman-Fried's spokesperson Mark Botnick. Cohen was previously part of the team that represented convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. He also successfully defended analyst Peter Black against a Securities and Exchange Commission suit in a 2014 trial. Cohen's hiring by Bankman-Fried was first reported by Reuters. Bankman-Fried hasn't been charged with any crime, but federal prosecutors in Manhattan have begun investigating FTX's collapse due in part to an unexplained $...