Posts Tagged ‘FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’
Sam Bankman-Fried Implied His Friends Lied About His Role in FTX’s Collapse
BanksterCrime: By Nikhilesh De Sam didn’t do it. He didn’t defraud anyone, he didn’t steal customer funds – he just built a company which “turned out basically the opposite” of the product he envisioned when he founded FTX: “A lot of people got hurt – customers, employees – and the company ended up in bankruptcy.”…
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Thai Hookers, Chinese Bribes: ‘Star Witness’ Ellison Unveils Chaos Behind FTX’s Fake Balance Sheets
BanksterCrime: by Tyler Durden What would a second day of testimony in the FTX trial for Caroline Ellison have been without mentions of identity theft from Thai prostitutes and bribing Chinese officials? Taking the stand on Wednesday, Sam Bankman-Fried’s former love interest turned star government witness against him, Ellison, spoke about the balance sheet that led…
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The Collapse of FTX, in Sam’s Own Words
BanksterCrime: As we prepare to hear from the DOJ and Sam Bankman-Fried, here’s what the former crypto executive had to say about FTX’s collapse last year. By Danny Nelson, Nikhilesh De We may not know for weeks whether Sam Bankman-Fried will take the stand at his own trial. He may want the chance to explain…
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Bankman-Fried Lawyers Seek Client’s Temporary Release for Trial Prep
BanksterCrime: Sam Bankman-Fried’s high-powered legal team is pushing for the FTX founder’s temporary release from jail ahead of his October trial on fraud charges. In a motion filed Thursday, lawyers Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell claim Bankman-Fried’s Sixth Amendment rights are being violated by inadequate access to discovery documents needed to help prepare his defense…
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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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Sam Bankman-Fried Heads Back To Jail After Bail Revoked—This Guy Don’t Know Right From Wrong
BanksterCrime: by Tyler Durden FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried is headed back to jail after the judge in the case revoked his bail over alleged witness intimidation, after he showed a journalist from the NY Times private writings from his ex-girlfriend and business partner, Caroline Ellison, and used a VPN in violation of a previous order…
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