NEW YORK—FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness against him at his upcoming trial by giving a newspaper personal things she wrote while she was the chief executive of his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm, prosecutors say. They asked a judge late Thursday to order trial participants not to make statements that might…
Prosecutors Say FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Is Harassing a Key Witness at His Upcoming Trial
Bankman-Fried Loses Bid for Documents From Former FTX Law Firm
NEW YORK—A U.S. judge on Friday denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s push to get a law firm that advised his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange to hand over documents he says can help him beat fraud charges. The onetime billionaire, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of stealing from FTX customers and lying to investors and lenders,…
LIVE 10:30 AM ET: FTX CEO Bankman-Fried Requests Court to Drop Charges
Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX who has long denied stealing from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange, asks a judge to drop 10 of the 13 criminal charges in his indictment on June 15. The hearing is before U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan federal court. …
FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Arrives at Court Ahead of Hearing
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who has long denied stealing from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange, asks a judge to drop 10 of the 13 criminal charges in his indictment on June 15. The hearing is before U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan federal court. …
Sam Bankman-Fried, Prosecutors Reach New Bail Agreement
NEW YORK—Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried said they reached an agreement with U.S. prosecutors on Monday on revised bail conditions, after a judge raised the prospect of sending the indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder to jail pending trial. Under some of the proposed new conditions, Bankman-Fried would have a new phone with no internet capability and…
FTX Transferred $2.2 Billion to Bankman-Fried via Related Entities, New Managers Say
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX made transfers of about $2.2 billion to company founder Sam Bankman-Fried through related entities, the company’s new management said. Overall more than $3.2 billion was transferred through payments and loans to company founders and key employees, FTX said in a statement on Wednesday. These payments were made chiefly from Alameda Research…
Bankman-Fried’s Bid to Shift Blame Complicated by New Charges
NEW YORK—Since his December arrest on fraud charges, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his lawyers have suggested part of his defense will be seeking to distance himself from the day-to-day operations of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange. But new accusations against him and a third former member of his inner circle in recent weeks could complicate…
Sam Bankman-Fried Summoned to NYC by Judge Over Bail Rules
NEW YORK—FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was ordered to return to a New York courtroom this week after the federal judge assigned to his fraud case said he’s communicating with others in ways the government can’t monitor. His lawyers, however, say he was merely accessing postseason NFL football games. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on Tuesday scheduled…
FTX Gets Court Approval to Subpoena Founder Bankman-Fried, Other Insiders
Failed crypto firm FTX received court approval on Wednesday to issue subpoenas to its founder Sam Bankman-Fried and members of his family as part of the company’s investigation into “misappropriated and stolen” funds. FTX, a once-prominent crypto exchange, filed for bankruptcy protection in November amid allegations that Bankman-Fried used FTX customers’ money to prop up…
People Who Posted Sam Bankman-Fried’s Bail Should Be Named, US Judge Rules
NEW YORK—A U.S. judge on Monday said the names of two people who helped guarantee bail for indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried should be made public, but put his ruling on hold pending an expected appeal. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan ruled in favor of several media outlets including Reuters that…
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