August 28, 2023
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried urged the Second Circuit on Friday to let him out of jail ahead of an October fraud trial, saying a Manhattan federal judge improperly made "speculative" analytical leaps to infer that his protected free speech amounted to witness tampering.
August 25, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried on Friday criticized federal prosecutors for producing 4 million additional pages of discovery documents less than six weeks before the FTX founder's fraud trial, arguing that prosecutors "can't be allowed to dump millions of pages" with limited plans for Bankman-Fried to access them while in prison.
August 23, 2023
Attorneys for Sam Bankman-Fried told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday that the government is not entitled to materials outlining the FTX founder's planned defense that his allegedly fraudulent conduct was based on advice from the crypto exchange's former in-house counsel and its external attorneys at Fenwick & West.
August 22, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried hasn't had access to his medication in pretrial detention and is subsisting on bread, water and peanut butter because the jail isn't honoring his vegan diet, a lawyer for the disgraced FTX founder told a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday.
August 18, 2023
Attorneys for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried asked a Manhattan federal judge Friday to allow the fallen crypto boss to travel from his pretrial detention to the Manhattan federal courthouse five days a week so that he can participate in working through the "extraordinarily voluminous discovery" in his fraud case.
August 16, 2023
Caroline Ellison, the ex-girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried and onetime head of his crypto trading firm, is expected to serve as a compelling narrator in the FTX founder's October fraud trial, even if defense lawyers try to portray her as a jilted lover.
August 14, 2023
Federal prosecutors on Monday filed their latest indictment against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, incorporating allegations that the fallen crypto boss looted money from the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange to make $100 million in political donations.
August 11, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday ordered FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried jailed ahead of his trial on charges of looting billions of dollars from the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, revoking bail after the fallen crypto boss communicated with a witness and the press.
August 08, 2023
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they plan to "make clear" in their case against FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried that the crypto executive remains charged with running an illegal political donations scheme as part of wider fraud allegations, after prosecutors said they wouldn't pursue a campaign finance charge last month.
August 02, 2023
Attorneys for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried have asked a New York federal judge to impose a media ban on their client instead of revoking his bail following a conversation the disgraced cryptocurrency executive had with a reporter from The New York Times, saying that despite the government's assertions, Bankman-Fried was not trying to intimidate witnesses.