February 01, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday barred disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from contacting current or former employees of his company or its affiliated trading firm, Alameda Research, after prosecutors raised concerns of possible witness tampering.
January 31, 2023
The names of two individuals who helped disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with his bail can be made public, a New York federal judge ruled Monday, siding with a handful of news organizations that asked for those identities to be revealed.
January 30, 2023
Federal prosecutors on Monday doubled down on efforts to tighten bail conditions for disgraced FTX Trading Ltd. founder Sam Bankman-Fried, filing evidence in Manhattan federal court that he attempted to set up a meeting with the crypto exchange's current CEO and separately tried to jump-start a "constructive relationship" with its current general counsel.
January 27, 2023
Federal prosecutors asked a New York federal judge on Friday to tighten bail conditions for fallen cryptocurrency king Sam Bankman-Fried, citing concerns that the FTX founder might try to tamper with witnesses if he's not barred from communicating with employees at the crypto exchange.
January 13, 2023
Fallen cryptocurrency king Sam Bankman-Fried didn't do himself — or his attorneys — any favors when he publicly outlined his potential defenses against charges alleging he stole billions of dollars from FTX before the crypto exchange's stunning collapse, according to white collar lawyers watching the criminal case.
January 12, 2023
Embattled FTX founder and ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried outlined his potential defenses in a blog post Thursday, pushing back against allegations that he swiped billions of dollars from the crypto exchange and accusing bankruptcy counsel at Sullivan & Cromwell of thwarting efforts to make customers whole.
January 03, 2023
FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried pled not guilty on Tuesday to stealing billions from the now-collapsed crypto exchange, teeing up an October criminal trial in New York federal court.
January 02, 2023
The coming year's big cases developing in New York courts involve market-shaking Wall Street and crypto meltdowns, insider trading allegations and the legal woes of Donald Trump, among other politicians.
January 02, 2023
The breathtaking implosion and bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the subsequent arrest of its founder showered negative attention on the largely unregulated digital asset space in 2022, prompting legal experts to forecast that more enforcement actions and bankruptcies would hit the crypto industry in 2023.
December 22, 2022
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in Manhattan federal court wearing leg shackles Thursday to face charges that he looted his $32 billion cryptocurrency exchange, securing a massive $250 million bail package a day after prosecutors announced that two of his former top aides have struck plea deals.