Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former CEO of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has tried to get most of the charges against him dropped. Lawyers for Bankman-Fried are pushing for prosecutors to dismiss 10 of the 13 charges. Late last year, several firms imploded that were controlled by Bankman-Fried, the Democratic Party's…

The U.S. judge overseeing the fraud case against Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has come under pressure to name and shame the secret high-profile guarantors who helped front the FTX CEO and co-founder's $250 million bond. Eight major media outlets have asked the judge overseeing the case to make the names of…

An attorney for bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has testified in court that former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried ordered a "secret backdoor" to be created for laundering money. FTX lawyer Andrew Dietderich told the court that Bankman-Fried instructed the company's cofounder Gary Wang to create the backdoor. The move enabled Bankman-Fried's hedge…

The Bill Clinton-appointed judge overseeing the billion-dollar fraud case of Sam Bankman-Fried has agreed to hide the identities of those who paid the disgraced FTX CEO's $250 million bail. Bankman-Fried, FTX's founder and a Democrat super donor, pleaded not guilty to the charges in a New York court on Tuesday.…

Amid the recent collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, other crypto billionaires have been dying in mysterious circumstances around the world. Sam Bankman-Fried first captured headlines in the wake of crypto platform FTX’s spectacular fall from grace. FTX imploded just two days after the 2022 midterm election, which Bankman-Fried heavily…

Two associates of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried are reportedly "cooperating with investigators" in the prosecutors' fraud case against the boss of the failed cryptocurrency exchange. Bankman-Fried former allies have pleaded guilty to criminal fraud charges related to the collapse of the FTX. Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda…

Two former top executives have pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in the case against now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, a co-founder of FTX, have both reportedly pleaded guilty and are cooperating in the criminal fraud case. Prosecutors say the…

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been denied bail after his arrest in the Bahamas. Bankman-Fried was taken into custody by Bahamian authorities at the request of the U.S. government on Monday. On Tuesday, Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt ruled that Bankman-Fried’s $250,000 bail request would be denied. The…

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, one of the largest donors to Democrat politicians and liberal causes in history, was arrested in The Bahamas today. Bankman-Fried was arrested by local authorities after the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York shared a sealed indictment with the…

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has revealed his plans to launch a new business venture just weeks after the historic collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange. Bankman-Fried is currently facing a number of civil lawsuits brought against both him and his failed company. In an interview with the BBC published on Saturday,…