Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Sam Bankman-Fried, the Founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency
exchange FTX, is facing allegations of misusing customers' funds to make over
USD $100 million in contributions to political campaigns leading up to the 2022 US
midterm elections.Accord...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Ryan Salame plans to plead the Fifth if he is asked to testify at Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial, according to United States prosecutors. Former FTX executive Ryan...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the failed FTX crypto exchange, will be held in jail through the end of his two upcoming trials. The FTX affair continues to unrav...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
In a U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruling, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been ordered to prepare for his upcoming fraud trial from within the walls of Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MD...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was taken into custody and his bail was rescinded on Friday, in anticipation of his trial scheduled for October. Matthew Russell Lee of the Inner City Press disclosed a synopsis of the August 11 hearing on the social...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
In a stunning turn of events, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been ordered to await trial behind bars after a bail hearing revealed alleged attempts to influence witnesses against him, according to a recent report by the St. Louis Post.
The decisi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder and CEO of the insolvent crypto exchange FTX, has made a return to New York City amidst intensifying legal pressures.
Bankman-Fried’s arrival in New York comes as prosecutors push for his incarceration and the cryptocurren...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
FTX's debtors have clashed with the Official Committee of Unsecured
Creditors (UCC) over the control of the asset of the collapsed cryptocurrency
exchange. The disagreement has been complicated by plans to relaunch the exchange's operations outside t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
FTX strongly criticized the UCC’s pursuit of asset control, recommending that debtors allocate nearly $2.6 billion from cash reserves into short-term Treasurys. FTX de...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
A class action lawsuit involving Singapore state investor, Temasek and the collapsed American cryptocurrency exchange has gained momentum.
Recently, additional plaintiffs have been added to the lawsuit, intensifying
the scrutiny of the alleged violat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Founder of failed crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, will be held accountable for alleged campaign finance violations, U.S. prosecutors indicated on Tuesday. The charge was dropped earlier because the extradition treaty with the Bahamas prevents...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Although it’s been almost eight months, the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX continues to leave behind drama in its wake. The latest by-product is how some of the largest VC firms have been recently pulled into the mess.
According to a rece...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
A Bloomberg article, citing “people familiar with the case,” reveals that FTX’s co-CEO Ryan Salame is allegedly in talks with prosecutors, and a plea agreement could be forthcoming. Insiders also emphasize that Salame’s privat...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Class action filed against Fenwick & West, LLP, former law firm of FTX, alleging involvement in schemes leading to FTX's collapse, the largest financial fraud in U.S. history. (Read More)
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
A former top executive of a subsidiary of FTX is reportedly in talks with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to charges
related to the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange. He has become the latest former executive to exit from FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The lawsuit alleged that the VC firms made many deceptive and misleading statements about FTX while encouraging customers to invest in the exchange for their personal gain....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
In a significant development surrounding the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Ryan Salame, the former co-chief executive of FTX Digital Markets, is reportedly negotiating with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to criminal charges.
According to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced its intention to pursue a campaign finance-related charge against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, despite previously dropping the charge last month.
FTX Founder’s Campaign Finance Trial...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The suit claims “shadowy entities” set up by Fenwick & West were allegedly used by FTX and former top executives to misappropriate customer funds. FTX’s former pri...
Cryptocoins News / EthereumWorldNews - 1 year ago
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame has reportedly held talks with federal prosecutors regarding a plea deal.Salame could plead guilty to criminal charges related to the crypto exchange’s collapse as soon as September.& It is unclear if Salame’s pl...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
It’s unclear whether any reported guilty plea from Ryan Salame would have the former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO testify at Sam Bankman-Fried's trial in October. Ryan S...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
A group of FTX investors has filed a class action suit against FTX’s primary counsel Fenwick & West LLP, court filings reveal. According to the court document, the plaintiffs are suing the law firm for contributing to the “largest financial fraud...
Cryptocoins News / EthereumWorldNews - 1 year ago
A group of FTX customers has brought a class action suit against the exchange’s law firm.& Fenwick & West LLP is being sued for allegedly aiding fraud through its legal advice to the crypto exchange.& The law firm has been accused of set...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
A body representing FTX customers said it is “extremely disappointed” by the company’s reorganization plan. FTX has outlined its intended reorganization plan, which w...