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Latest FTX Filings Show Bankman-Fried Is Banking on Being Freed
Latest FTX Filings Show Bankman-Fried Is Banking on Being Freed
June 02, 2023  |  Legal & Regulation

Sam Bankman-Fried has long professed his innocence. Now, he’s building a case to show he’s not guilty. The disgraced founder of the bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange has filed two legal arguments,...

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FTX Subsidiaries Sue to Claw Back $6.9 Million From Embed
FTX Subsidiaries Sue to Claw Back $6.9 Million From Embed
May 18, 2023  |  Legal & Regulation

Two of FTX’s businesses are suing to recover $6.9 million from Embed Financial. Alameda Research (FTX’s former sister trading firm) and FTX US (aka West Realm Shires), alleged in a court...

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IRS Targets FTX While US Chamber of Commerce Backs Coinbase
IRS Targets FTX While US Chamber of Commerce Backs Coinbase
May 12, 2023  |  Legal & Regulation

The taxmen are coming for the estate of Sam Bankman-Fried’s bankrupt FTX crypto exchange. And they want the collapsed firm and its affiliates to pay...

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Report Highlights FTX’s Odd Practices Around Security and Financial Controls
Report Highlights FTX’s Odd Practices Around Security and Financial Controls
April 10, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX-affiliated Alameda Research was “hilariously beyond any threshold” of auditors, Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly said. That comment in an internal email before the bankruptcy filings of...

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Report: Bankman-Fried to Plead Not Guilty in Chinese Bribe Case
Report: Bankman-Fried to Plead Not Guilty in Chinese Bribe Case
March 30, 2023  |  Legal & Regulation

Sam Bankman-Fried will reportedly plead not guilty to a $40 million bribery charge. The FTX founder had earlier pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of...

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Tiny Modulo Capital Returns Huge FTX Investment to Debtors
Tiny Modulo Capital Returns Huge FTX Investment to Debtors
March 23, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

It’s been a busy week for John J. Ray III and his team. The man who unwound the Enron disaster, and is now responsible for...

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FTX Says Bankman-Fried Allegedly Took $2.2 Billion From Alameda
FTX Says Bankman-Fried Allegedly Took $2.2 Billion From Alameda
March 16, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX’s new management has uncovered $3.2 billion in transfers to the company’s founders. Much of that money — $2.2 billion — went to former FTX...

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New Criminal Charges Allege Bankman-Fried Used FTX Funds as Personal Piggy Bank
New Criminal Charges Allege Bankman-Fried Used FTX Funds as Personal Piggy Bank
February 24, 2023  |  Legal & Regulation

Sam Bankman-Fried’s associates have flipped on him, and now here comes the script. This, as a superseding indictment charging the failed FTX and Alameda Research...

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Sequoia Named in Lawsuit for Adding ‘Legitimacy’ to FTX
Sequoia Named in Lawsuit for Adding ‘Legitimacy’ to FTX
February 15, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX investors have reportedly sued three investment firms for propping up the bankrupt crypto exchange. Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo and Paradigm are among the venture...

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