Category: Sam Bankman-Fried

Two Antithetical Billionaires

Commentary Before the midterm November elections, Sam Bankman-Fried was a left-wing billionaire heartthrob. He properly grew up on the Stanford campus, where his parents were well-known left-wing activist law professors. He went to a tony prep school and on to MIT. Bankman-Fried mocked society’s bourgeois capitalist conventions by dressing and looking like a slob in…


Senate Panel Told FTX Crash Not a ‘One-Off’ Amid Debate Over Tighter Crypto Regulation

At a Senate hearing Wednesday on the collapse of crypto platform FTX, expert testimony provided differing views on the loosely regulated crypto industry, with some arguing it poses big risks to customers and financial stability and must be more tightly controlled or banned outright, while others calling for a softer touch. The Senate Committee on…


The Corruption of Charity

Commentary Nothing is corruptible as a motivation that is universally celebrated as perfect. There will always be a danger that such an unquestioned motivation works as a perfect cover for egregious moral harm. The writings of H.L. Mencken on puritanism comes to mind. In his literary career, he cultivated a keen awareness of how and…


FTX Boss Sam Bankman-Fried Denied Bail in Bahamas After Arrest, Faces up to 115 Years in Jail

Sam Bankman-Fried, the owner of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been denied bail after his arrest in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government on Monday. In a hearing that lasted more than three hours on Tuesday, Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt ruled that Bankman-Fried’s $250,000 bail request would be denied on the basis that Bankman-Fried…


FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Denied Bail in Bahamas After Arrest, Faces up to 115 Years in Jail

Sam Bankman-Fried, the owner of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been denied bail after his arrest in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government on Monday. In a hearing that lasted more than three hours on Tuesday, Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt ruled that Bankman-Fried’s $250,000 bail request would be denied on the basis that Bankman-Fried…


FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Denied Bail in Bahamas After Arrest, Faces Up to 115 Years in Jail

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been denied bail after his Dec. 12 arrest in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government. In a hearing that lasted more than three hours on Dec. 13, Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt denied Bankman-Fried’s $250,000 bail request, citing a heightened flight risk…


Prosecutors: FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Made ‘Tens of Millions’ in Illegal Campaign Donations

Federal authorities on Tuesday charged FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried for making “tens of millions of dollars in illegal campaign contributions” to influence policies and laws around cryptocurrency. Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, told reporters Tuesday that Bankman-Fried—sometimes known as SBF—faces charges of wire fraud, conspiracy, and campaign finance violations. “From…


LIVE NOW: US Attorney Discusses Charges Against FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams discusses charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Speakers Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge, FBI New York Gurbir Grewal, Director of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission Gretchen Lowe, Acting Director of Enforcement for…


US Attorney Discusses Charges Against FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams discusses charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Speakers Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge, FBI New York Gurbir Grewal, Director of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission Gretchen Lowe, Acting Director of Enforcement for…


US Attorney Announces Charges Against FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams announces charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in New York on Dec. 13. Speakers Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge, FBI New York Gurbir Grewal, Director of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission Gretchen…