Frustration for some of Bankman-Fried’s victims who hoped for stiffer sentence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some former FTX customers expressed anger and disappointment on Thursday after Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto exchange’s former billionaire boss, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers avoid challenges to ‘cartoon’ villain image
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have complained that prosecutors at his fraud trial are portraying the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder as a “cartoon of a villain,” but…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial: five key moments from the first week
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial kicked off this week, nearly a year after the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded declared bankruptcy in a collapse that shocked…
Explainer-Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial – who are the key names?
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial places the former billionaire in a Manhattan courtroom alongside prosecutors steeped in financial crimes and political corruption cases, a veteran judge, and…
Key moments leading up to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial, which is set to kick off on Tuesday, marks the culmination of a yearlong legal saga stemming from the dramatic collapse of the…
Factbox-What we know about Sam Bankman-Fried’s time in a notorious Brooklyn jail
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been preparing for his Oct. 3 trial on fraud charges from behind bars since Aug.…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial to test dueling explanations for collapse of crypto exchange
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – In U.S. prosecutors’ telling, Sam Bankman-Fried embezzled money from depositors in his FTX cryptocurrency exchange ever since he launched it in 2019, and the resulting…
Bankman-Fried’s lawyers blast trial prep time as ‘entirely inadequate’
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried on Friday rejected as “entirely inadequate” the U.S. government’s plan for letting the jailed founder of the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange…
Media startup Semafor plans buyout of Sam Bankman-Fried’s investment – NYT
(Reuters) – Semafor is planning to buy out FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s roughly $10 million investment in the news startup, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing the company’s chief executive…
Crypto Firm With Ties To Sam Bankman-Fried’s Failed Hedge Fund Weighing Bankruptcy: REPORT
Crypto Firm With Ties To Sam Bankman-Fried’s Failed Hedge Fund Weighing Bankruptcy: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on January 5, 2023 Prominent crypto firm Genesis Global Trading — which had major ties to…
FTX opposes BlockFi’s claim to Bankman-Fried’s Robinhood shares
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Collapsed crypto exchange FTX on Thursday asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge to stop crypto lender BlockFi from laying claim to more than $440 million worth of Robinhood…
ProPublica to return $1.6 million received from Sam Bankman-Fried’s foundation
(Reuters) – Non-profit investigative news outlet ProPublica will return $1.6 million it received from the family foundation of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, according to a staff memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday.…
Where Is Sam Bankman-Fried’s Business Partner Ex-Girlfriend?
Where Is Sam Bankman-Fried’s Business Partner Ex-Girlfriend? John Hugh DeMastri on December 14, 2022 The unconfirmed location of Caroline Ellison, ex-CEO of Alameda Research and reported ex-girlfriend of fallen crypto tycoon Sam…
‘House Of Cards’: SEC Lawsuit Alleges Bankman-Fried’s Multibillion Dollar Fraud On FTX Began ‘From The Start’
‘House Of Cards’: SEC Lawsuit Alleges Bankman-Fried’s Multibillion Dollar Fraud On FTX Began ‘From The Start’ John Hugh DeMastri on December 13, 2022 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Sam…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Operative Mom Steps Down From Dem Dark Money Group: REPORT
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Operative Mom Steps Down From Dem Dark Money Group: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on November 16, 2022 Following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX amid allegations that co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s sudden turn from white knight to washout
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried earned a reputation as savior of the crypto industry when he bailed out two platforms earlier this year. But when FTX, the exchange he co-founded…
Bankrupt Voyager rebuffs Sam Bankman-Fried’s “low-ball bid”
(Reuters) – Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital said a recent joint proposal from FTX and Alameda Ventures was a “low-ball bid dressed up as a white knight rescue” and alleged the plan…
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