The biggest white collar trial of the past 15 years starts next Tuesday (Oct. 3). And the defendant, Sam Bankman-Fried — the famously frumpled co-founder of the allegedly fraudulent FTX cryptocurrency exchange — is dressing up for it. This, as Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have asked the...
Prosecutors reportedly told a judge Wednesday (July 26) that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail should be revoked and he should be sent to prison until his trial. The tipping point, the prosecutors said, was Bankman-Fried’s attempts to discredit Caroline Ellison, his onetime lover and former...
Federal prosecutors want to send Sam Bankman-Fried back in time, technologically speaking. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended that the accused cryptocurrency fraudster be limited to the use of a flip phone without internet access, and a basic laptop, Reuters reported Saturday (March...
Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan on Thursday (Feb. 16) threatened to revoke ousted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail. That’s if the former crypto wunderkind doesn’t agree to stricter restrictions placed on his use of electronic devices, apps, and access to the internet, per a Bloomberg report....
October 03, 2023
The criminal trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried started Tuesday (Oct. 3). Things kicked off at 9:30 a.m. at a Lower Manhattan federal court with voir dire questioning about the various qualifications of the potential jurors. But before the trial officially began, the former crypto kingpin turned accused financial criminal sent out a few last […]
March 05, 2023
Federal prosecutors want to send Sam Bankman-Fried back in time, technologically speaking. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended that the accused cryptocurrency fraudster be limited to the use...
