Convicted crypto fraudster/FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has lost his bid for a new trial. According to multiple published reports, a federal judge on Tuesday (April 28) denied the self-written motion submitted by Bankman-Fried, who is serving 25 years in prison for his role in the multi-billion dollar collapse...
A key figure in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is nearly set to leave prison. Caroline Ellison, a key prosecution witness during the fraud trial of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, is scheduled to leave federal custody Jan. 21 of next year, according to records...
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is due in court Tuesday (Nov. 4) seeking a new trial. As Reuters reports, the disgraced cryptocurrency exchange founder will ask a federal appeals court to overturn his fraud conviction. Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud in 2023 and sentenced the following year to a 25-year...
Cryptocurrency-wunderkind-turned-convicted-fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried is reportedly seeking a pardon from the Trump administration. As The New York Times (NYT) reported Friday (March 7), this effort — described in the article as a “long shot” — has included reaching out to D.C. lobbyists and consulting with Kory...
March 28, 2024
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 legal defense hewed to on Thursday (March 28) during the fallen wunderkind’s sentencing hearing — but, as it turned out, all the hot air in the world can’t fill the sails of […]
November 22, 2023
Cryptocurrency exchanges play a vital role in the digital asset ecosystem. They facilitate the buying, selling, trading, transferring, and storing of both individual and institutional holdings of the more than...
October 06, 2023
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 $8 billion deficit that would...
September 26, 2023
The customer claims portal for failed crypto exchange FTX closes this Friday (Sept. 29). Next Tuesday (Oct. 3), Sam Bankman-Fried, the company’s co-founder and former CEO, heads to trial where...
June 09, 2026
Convicted cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried is asking the White House for a post-prison pardon. The former FTX CEO is seeking a “Pardon after Completion of Sentence,” according to a notice on the Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney website. Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year sentence following his conviction for fraud and money laundering. […]
April 29, 2026
Convicted crypto fraudster/FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has lost his bid for a new trial. According to multiple published reports, a federal judge on Tuesday (April 28) denied the self-written motion submitted...
December 28, 2025
A key figure in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is nearly set to leave prison. Caroline Ellison, a key prosecution witness during the fraud trial of FTX CEO Sam...
November 04, 2025
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is due in court Tuesday (Nov. 4) seeking a new trial. As Reuters reports, the disgraced cryptocurrency exchange founder will ask a federal appeals court to overturn his...
