September 26, 2023
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried repeated his request to be released from jail for his upcoming criminal trial and be allowed to live in a temporary New York City residence, telling a Manhattan federal judge it's been "exceedingly difficult" to prepare at the Metropolitan Detention Center.
September 21, 2023
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will not be released from pretrial detention after he leaked a key witness' diary to the press, the Second Circuit ruled on Thursday, agreeing with the district court that he likely tried to tamper with witnesses in the looming criminal trial.
September 21, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday rejected all the expert witnesses proposed by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for his looming criminal trial, including the former chair of the Federal Election Commission and an English barrister.
September 19, 2023
A Second Circuit panel strongly indicated Tuesday that it won't release FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from pretrial detention after he leaked a key witness' diary to the media, with one appeals judge pointing out that if the defendant "makes his own bed, he sleeps in it."
September 12, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday rejected an effort by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be released from jail to prepare for his trial in three weeks, ruling he was unpersuaded by the failed crypto boss's unsupported claims that he can't access electronically stored discovery while in a Brooklyn detention center.
September 07, 2023
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame copped Thursday to charges including scheming with Sam Bankman-Fried to make tens of millions of dollars of fraudulent political donations to boost the fallen crypto exchange, pleading guilty without an agreement to cooperate against his former boss.
September 06, 2023
The Second Circuit declined on Wednesday to immediately release FTX founder and ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried while he challenges a New York federal judge's order keeping him in pretrial detention, but the appellate court did agree to consider his appeal.
September 05, 2023
Manhattan federal prosecutors urged the Second Circuit on Tuesday to keep Sam Bankman-Fried in pretrial detention for leaking a key witness's diary to the media, saying the FTX founder's appeal "trivializes the severity of his conduct and the plain intention behind it."
August 30, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge said Wednesday that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried can't stop prosecutors from relying on recently produced evidence at his upcoming fraud trial, calling the defendant's complaints of unfair delay "not at all accurate."
August 29, 2023
Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge on Monday to bar both the former chair of the Federal Election Commission and an English barrister from testifying as expert witnesses in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's upcoming criminal trial.