Sam Bankman-Fried, the defendant in a criminal trial set to start on Tuesday, opposes allowing a Ukraine-based FTX customer to testify remotely. The customer, referred to as "FTX Customer-1," lost a substantial portion of his life savings during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and cannot travel due to the country's war-time law. Prosecutors argue that international testimony is crucial to understanding the global nature of the FTX crypto-exchange. Bankman-Fried's trial is scheduled to last until November 9, and he is currently in a New York jail after his bail was revoked.

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