Bankman-Fried Wants to See His Lawyers Outside Jail Five Days a Week

BanksterCrime: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is asking to be released from jail five days a week to work on his defense for the fraud trial against him set to begin in October. On Friday, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers complained to a judge in Manhattan that the currently proposed preparation time and regime for his case is…

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Judge Jed Rakoff Has Regularly Dined in the Past with the Chairman of the Law Firm that Just Got a Big Win in His Court in the JPMorgan Sex Trafficking Case

BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: In 2017, Simon & Schuster released the book, The Chickenshit Club, by the Pulitzer-prize winning public interest writer, Jesse Eisinger. The title derives from the premise that the prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice are too worried about losing a case or harming their ability to get those…

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Sam Bankman-Fried Maybe Hasn’t Escaped Campaign Finance Charges

BanksterCrime: Sam Bankman-Fried (left) exits a courthouse after a hearing on July 26, 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) Sam Bankman-Fried won’t face a campaign finance charge when he goes to trial in October, but that doesn’t mean he’s out of the woods. The FTX founder will face seven charges in October, and another five during a second…

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