Sam Bankman-Fried
Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years for fraud involving $8 billion US dollars, marking his dramatic downfall from billionaire status.
Sam Bankman-Fried heads for trial on charges of stealing billions from FTX users
Donald Trump wanted $5 billion from Bankman-Fried not to run for US president
Sam Bankman-Fried asks judge for suits to wear at trial
Bankman-Fried loses bid to get out of jail, appeals court will hear case
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Aug. 11 revoked Bankman-Fried's $250 million bail after finding that the former billionaire likely tampered with witnesses at least twice.
Bankman-Fried used stolen money to support Dems, Republicans - US
Bankman-Fried rode a boom in cryptocurrency values to amass a fortune that was once estimated at $26 billion, and became an influential donor to mostly Democratic candidates and causes.
FTX's Bankman-Fried headed for jail over alleged witness tampering
Judge Lewis Kaplan's decision to jail the 31-year-old former billionaire ahead of his Oct. 2 fraud trial over FTX's November 2022 collapse came after prosecutors said he had "crossed a line."
Sam Bankman-Fried must be jailed, is intimidating witnesses, prosecutors say
"What the defendant may not do... is seek to corruptly influence witnesses and interfere with a fair trial through attempted public harassment and shaming," prosecutors said.
US wants FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried jailed pending trial
The purpose of Wednesday's hearing was in part to consider what Kaplan called "the adequacy and continuation of the current bail conditions."
Prosecutors accuse FTX's Bankman-Fried of witness tampering
The prosecutors argued that Bankman-Fried was trying to malign Ellison's credibility, and that such conduct could chill witnesses from testifying and taint the jury pool.
FTX's Bankman-Fried charged with $40 million bribe to Chinese officials
The indictment said Bankman-Fried ordered the $40 million cryptocurrency payment to a private wallet from Alameda's main trading account, to persuade Chinese authorities to unfreezeAlameda accounts
Bankman-Fried, others made more than 300 illegal political donations, new indictment says
Bankman-Fried was previously hit with eight counts of fraud, money laundering and other charges over the collapse of the now-bankrupt exchange.
People who posted Sam Bankman-Fried's bail should be named, US judge rules
Bankman-Fried has been confined at his parents' home in California, after pleading not guilty to fraud for allegedly looting billions of FTX customer dollars.
'I didn't steal funds,' Sam Bankman-Fried says in unusual post-arrest blog post
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of bankrupted FTX, has shared his side of the crypto-drama in an unusual blog post.
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty in crypto fraud case
Once hailed as the Jewish king of cryptocurrency, the 30-year-old entrepreneur known as SBF pleaded not guilty to criminal charges on Tuesday as as he faces up to 115 years in prison.