Former FTX exec Ryan Salame asks to push back prison date following dog attack

Lawyers for former FTX executive Ryan Salame asked a New York court to push back his prison time to get urgent surgery after being "mauled" by a dog while visiting a friend's home.

Salame, previously the co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges last year. Salame was set to appear for his sentencing on Aug. 29 of this year, but his lawyer is asking for that date to be pushed to Oct. 13.

Salame "was mauled by a German Shepherd while visiting a friend’s home" on June 29, the lawyers said in a letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Parts of the letter and attached exhibits were redacted.

Salame later saw a doctor on July 3 and was evaluated "after sustaining a dog-bite injury to the face," according to an attached physician's letter filed to the court on Friday.

Salame pled guilty in September to conspiring to make unlawful political contributions as well as conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. He worked closely with former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Bankman-Fried was sentenced in March to almost 25 years in prison following a criminal fraud trial late last year.