Category: court

LIVE 1 PM ET: Expected Arraignment of Sam Bankman-Fried

Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to be arraigned and enter a plea in Manhattan federal court at 1:00 p.m. on Jan. 3. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed crypto exchange FTX, faces a litany of civil and criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud. …


LIVE NOW: Expected Arraignment of Sam Bankman-Fried

Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to be arraigned and enter a plea in Manhattan federal court at 1:00 p.m. on Jan. 3. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed crypto exchange FTX, faces a litany of civil and criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud. …


Scottish Independence Supporters Regroup After Court Dampens Referendum Plans

“You’ve got to provide a vision,” says journalist Lesley Riddoch. “It’s the only way any political change happens.” This is the challenge for pro-independence campaigners like the award-winning Riddoch, born in Northern Ireland to Highland Scots parents, who came out for “Yes” in the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014. Scots voted “No.” But the…


NTD News Today (Jan. 3): McCarthy Faces Heat Ahead of Speaker Vote; VP Requires Covid Test for Senators, Family at Ceremony

An intense vote for House Speaker is set for today. Right now, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy does not have the votes to secure the gavel. Some members challenging the status quo could draw the vote out for days. That would make it the first time in a century that a vote for speaker would go…


Bankman-Fried’s Criminal Case Assigned to Judge in Trump, Prince Andrew Cases

Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal case over the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange has been reassigned to a judge recently known for handling defamation lawsuits against former President Donald Trump and a sexual abuse lawsuit against Britain’s Prince Andrew. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan replaces his colleague Ronnie Abrams, who recused herself on Friday after learning…


FTX’s Bankman-Fried Appears in Bahamas Court

After former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried decided to agree to be extradited to the United States to face fraud charges, he is expected to appear in Bahamas court at around 10:45 a.m. ET on Dec. 21. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Appears in Bahamas Court

After former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried decided to agree to be extradited to the United States to face fraud charges, he is expected to appear in Bahamas court at around 10:45 a.m. ET on Dec. 21. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


German Court Convicts 97-Year-Old Former Secretary at Nazi Camp

BERLIN—A German court on Tuesday convicted a 97-year-old woman of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. Irmgard Furchner was accused of being part of the apparatus that helped the camp near Danzig, now…


11 Sentenced to Death Over Conservationist’s Murder in Tanzania

NAIROBI, Kenya—A high court in Tanzania on Friday sentenced 11 people to death for the murder of a conservationist in the East African country more than five years ago. Anti-poaching activist Wayne Lotter, a South African national, was shot dead in August 2017 while riding in a taxi in Tanzania’s commercial capital of Dar es…


Appeals Court Denies Biden’s Bid to Revive Student Debt Bailout

A federal appeals court has rejected the Biden administration’s bid to freeze a Texas judge’s ruling that President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debt was illegal. In a Nov. 30 ruling, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Biden administration’s request to put on hold a judge’s Nov. 10…