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SBF May Be 57 When He Finishes Serving Time
SBF May Be 57 When He Finishes Serving Time
March 28, 2024  |  Legal

When the facts are crystal clear, often the only recourse is to appeal to emotion. That’s the tack that convicted crypto criminal and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s...

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Prosecutors Seek 40- to 50-Year Term for Sam Bankman-Fried
Prosecutors Seek 40- to 50-Year Term for Sam Bankman-Fried
March 15, 2024  |  Legal

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 40- to 50-year prison sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, over charges of...

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Bankman-Fried Prosecutors Call Off Second Trial
Bankman-Fried Prosecutors Call Off Second Trial
January 02, 2024  |  Legal

Disgraced cryptocurrency wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried will not face another criminal trial. The FTX founder, already convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges connected to the collapse of his...

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Of Alameda and Amnesia: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Final Day of Testimony
Of Alameda and Amnesia: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Final Day of Testimony
October 31, 2023  |  Legal

Sam Bankman-Fried has gone from the smartest one in the room to the most forgetful. This, as the 31-year-old cryptocurrency entrepreneur accused of orchestrating one...

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Bankman-Fried Stumbles, Claims Forgetfulness in Testimony Dress Rehearsal 
Bankman-Fried Stumbles, Claims Forgetfulness in Testimony Dress Rehearsal 
October 26, 2023  |  Legal

Federal prosecutors rested their case against accused financial fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday (Oct. 26). Now, nearly a full calendar year since his multibillion-dollar crypto...

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Bankman-Fried: I Trusted FTX’s Lawyers to Guide Company
Bankman-Fried: I Trusted FTX’s Lawyers to Guide Company
October 26, 2023  |  Legal

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried says the company’s ex-attorneys were central to its collapse last year. That testimony came Thursday (Oct. 26) afternoon during Bankman-Fried’s criminal...

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Ellison’s Closing Testimony — FTX Was ‘a Bad Idea’
Ellison’s Closing Testimony — FTX Was ‘a Bad Idea’
October 12, 2023  |  Legal

The biblical hero Samson and modern anti-hero Sam Bankman-Fried have more in common than expected.   For one, they both considered their hair to be key to...

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Gary Wang Details FTX’s 3-Year Journey From Trusted to Busted
Gary Wang Details FTX’s 3-Year Journey From Trusted to Busted
October 06, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly lied about many things over the course of his cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse.  But when the since-indicted FTX co-founder first heard about the...

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Jury Selection Completed in Sam Bankman-Fried Trial
Jury Selection Completed in Sam Bankman-Fried Trial
October 04, 2023  |  Legal

Jury selection has been completed in the criminal fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of FTX cryptocurrency exchange.  The trial, which began Tuesday (Oct....

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