Topline The co-founder of the bankrupt cryptocurrency company FTX, Nishad Singh, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to six charges of criminal fraud for his role in a scheme to defraud investors, becoming the ...
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Private Citizens Urge Judge To Jail Bankman-Fried Before Fraud Trial
Topline In a handwritten note filed in court Tuesday, a retired Connecticut police officer chided the judge overseeing criminal proceedings against Sam Bankman-Fried for allowing the one-time billiona...
Ex-Stanford Dean Bailed Out Bankman-Fried To Help ‘Steadfast Friends,’ He Says
Topline Among the two mystery guarantors for Sam Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bail is Larry Kramer, the former dean of Stanford Law School, according to court filings unsealed Wednesday – and Kramer t...
Three Men Tried Breaking Into Home Of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents, Lawyers Claim
Topline There was a serious “security incident” recently at the Palo Alto, California, home owned by the parents of the disgraced former boss of the crypto exchange FTX Sam Bankman-Fried, lawyers repr...
FTT token price soars after FTX CEO floats exchange restart
FTT, the token tied to bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, shot up 30% after the exchange’s new CEO suggested that FTX.com might be restarted. The token was trading at around $2.28 as of 11:20 a...
Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty
Topline Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges related to the collapse of his crypto empire, according to reporters present at his arraignment hearing in a New York federal court Tues...
Bankman-Fried asks for co-signers of $250 million bond to remain anonymous
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers asked for the identities of two guarantors of his $250 million bond to be redacted and not be publicly disclosed, citing concerns of threats and harassment. M...
Sam Bankman-Fried Expected To Enter Not Guilty Plea
Topline Sam Bankman-Fried was expected to plead not guilty Tuesday to charges related to the collapse of his crypto empire, setting the stage for one of the most high-profile white-collar criminal tri...
Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Extradition To U.S.—Here’s What To Know
Topline A Bahamas judge on Wednesday approved the extradition of former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of befallen crypto exchange FTX, from a Nassau jail to the United States, where the f...
Sam Bankman-Fried Ordered Back To Bahamian Jail In Surprise Twist
Topline Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire crypto wunderkind now jailed in the Bahamas and facing a litany of criminal charges for alleged fraud, did not agree to extradition back to the U.S. a...
Sam Bankman-Fried Charged With Eight Criminal Counts—Including Wire Fraud And Campaign Finance Violations
Topline U.S. prosecutors unsealed eight criminal counts against Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday, charging the former FTX boss and one-time cryptocurrency billionaire with wire fraud, money laundering and...
Bankman-Fried considered closing Alameda in September
Sam Bankman-Fried contemplated closing Alameda Research in September, according to charges filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The disgraced former CEO reportedly drafted and sha...
FTX Founder Blames ‘Bad Legal Advice’ For Crypto Firm’s Bankruptcy
Topline Sam Bankman-Fried insinuated law firms looking for a massive payday contributed to cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s decision to file for bankruptcy last month, during a Monday morning interview w...
Bankman-Fried Secretly Funneled Millions To Crypto Outlet The Block
Topline Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, gave millions in under-the-table loans to crypto news publication the Block, the site disclosed Friday, the lates...
Watchdog group wants FEC investigation into Bankman-Fried donations
A campaign watchdog group is using Sam Bankman-Fried’s claim that he was a secret GOP megadonor to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission. The nonprofit Citizens for Respon...
Binance CEO calls Sam Bankman-Fried ‘one of the greatest fraudsters in history’
Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao branded Sam Bankman-Fried “one of the greatest fraudsters in history” after his FTX crypto exchange collapsed, leaving more than a million creditors out of pocket. ...
FTX, Bankman-Fried’s parents bought Bahamas property worth $121 million: Reuters
FTX, the now-bankrupt crypto exchange operator, its founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents and the firm’s senior executives bought at least 19 properties worth about $121 million in the Baham...
Sam Bankman-Fried says ‘f*ck regulators’ in wide-ranging interview with Vox
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried made a number of eyebrow-raising statements in a wide-ranging interview conducted over Twitter DMs for more than an hour late Tuesday with Vox reporter Kelsey Piper. &...