NY - Samuel Bankman-Fried (FTX), Alleged Fraud, Money Laundering, 2019-2022 *Arrest*

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US DoJ accuses FTX founder of leaking private diary of Caroline Ellison

The U.S. Department of Justice accused Bankman-Fried of an attempt to interfere with a fair trial by publicly discrediting former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison.

cointelegraph.com

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940.176.0.pdf

In a complaint filed on July 20, the DoJ has accused SBF of interfering with a fair trial by sharing CE’s personal diary with a NYT reporter to publicly discredit CE, who is a government witness.

 

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SBF's brother planned to buy an island nation with FTX funds to build apocalypse bunker - lawsuit says | Fortune Crypto

The lawsuit also alleges that Bankman-Fried is using customer funds for his own defense.

fortune.com

In its latest claim filed on Thursday, FTX is seeking 48 counts related to the fraudulent transfer of funds by former FTX executives.

The executives allegedly set up a charity called the FTX Foundation “that served little purpose other than to enhance the public stature of Defendants” that received grants directly from bank accounts that contained customer funds.

SBF’s brother planned to use the FTX Foundation to buy the island nation of Nauru and set up a bunker for him and other effective altruists in the event that “50%-99.99% of people die.”

 

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FTX sues Bankman-Fried, others to recoup more than $1 billion

FTX Trading on Thursday sued founder Sam Bankman-Fried and other former executives of the cryptocurrency exchange, seeking to recoup more than $1 billion they allegedly misappropriated before FTX went bankrupt.

www.reuters.com

FTX Trading on Thursday sued founder Sam Bankman-Fried and other former executives of the cryptocurrency exchange, seeking to recoup more than $1 billion they allegedly misappropriated before FTX went bankrupt.

 

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SBF's brother planned to buy an island nation with FTX funds to build apocalypse bunker - lawsuit says | Fortune Crypto

The lawsuit also alleges that Bankman-Fried is using customer funds for his own defense.

fortune.com

In its latest claim filed on Thursday, FTX is seeking 48 counts related to the fraudulent transfer of funds by former FTX executives.

The executives allegedly set up a charity called the FTX Foundation “that served little purpose other than to enhance the public stature of Defendants” that received grants directly from bank accounts that contained customer funds.

SBF’s brother planned to use the FTX Foundation to buy the island nation of Nauru and set up a bunker for him and other effective altruists in the event that “50%-99.99% of people die.”

Yeah, that's a group of people that I'd want responsible for repopulating the planet. Not.

But I see their point. AI is scaring the bejesus out of me as I fear it will be used as a weapon (politically or raciestly, if that's a word, if not, I deem it so. lol).

 

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SBF's brother planned to buy an island nation with FTX funds to build apocalypse bunker - lawsuit says | Fortune Crypto

The lawsuit also alleges that Bankman-Fried is using customer funds for his own defense.

fortune.com

In its latest claim filed on Thursday, FTX is seeking 48 counts related to the fraudulent transfer of funds by former FTX executives.

The executives allegedly set up a charity called the FTX Foundation “that served little purpose other than to enhance the public stature of Defendants” that received grants directly from bank accounts that contained customer funds.

SBF’s brother planned to use the FTX Foundation to buy the island nation of Nauru and set up a bunker for him and other effective altruists in the event that “50%-99.99% of people die.”

Wait, either you're a grifter or an altruist, you can't be both.

 

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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940.178.0.pdf

Bankman-Fried Request Gag Order for Criminal Trial Witnesses | The Crypto Times

Bankman-Fried's defense seeks a blanket gag order to silence all trial witnesses in the FTX criminal case for a fair trial.

www.cryptotimes.io

SBF has agreed to a gag order preventing him from making comments that could interfere with his trial. However, his lawyers have argued that a gag order should also apply to all potential witnesses, including the U.S. government, former FTX employees, and the current CEO of FTX.

 

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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940.178.0.pdf

Bankman-Fried Request Gag Order for Criminal Trial Witnesses | The Crypto Times

Bankman-Fried's defense seeks a blanket gag order to silence all trial witnesses in the FTX criminal case for a fair trial.

www.cryptotimes.io

SBF has agreed to a gag order preventing him from making comments that could interfere with his trial. However, his lawyers have argued that a gag order should also apply to all potential witnesses, including the U.S. government, former FTX employees, and the current CEO of FTX.

Not trying to be funny but I think this is the only kind of gag that would prevent SBF from talking. Well, it wouldn't exactly stop him... it would just be hard to understand what he's trying to say around the ball unless you've learned to speak Ball Gag.


I hate providing a source for that but it's required so I am! lol

 

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DOJ Will Not Pursue Campaign Finance Charge Against Sam Bankman-Fried

The Bahamas government informed U.S. authorities that the campaign finance charges were not part of the agreement between the two nations over Bankman-Fried’s extradition from the island nation.

www.forbes.com

The Justice Department will not pursue a campaign finance charge against Sam Bankman-Fried as part of an effort to adhere to the legal obligations of the FTX founder’s extradition from the Bahamas.

 

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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940.182.0.pdf

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940/gov.uscourts.nysd.590940.183.0.pdf

SBF is asking the court to seal CE’s diary, while Inner City Press is fighting for its release.

 

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Sam Bankman-Fried lawyers slam push to jail him | Fortune

They say push to stop him ‘tampering’ with FTX trial witnesses is based on "innuendo, speculation, and scant facts."

fortune.com

Nothing new here other than SBF’s lawyers have responded to the prosecutor’s request to have SBF jailed until trial.

 

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Sam Bankman-Fried lawyers slam push to jail him | Fortune

They say push to stop him ‘tampering’ with FTX trial witnesses is based on "innuendo, speculation, and scant facts."

fortune.com

Nothing new here other than SBF’s lawyers have responded to the prosecutor’s request to have SBF jailed until trial.

Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up!

 

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Sam Bankman-Fried enlists Harvard Law's Tribe to stay out of jail

The indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to stay out of jail for disclosing too much to the press, and enlisted one of the foremost American constitutional law experts for help.

www.reuters.com

 

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Bankman-Fried Due forAug 11 Bail Hearing After Got Larry Tribe Memo Docs Still Sealed

InnerCityPress.com is engaged these days in investigative journalism from the United Nations, including the World Bank, the IMF, the UN Development Program and the five continents.

www.innercitypress.com

On August 4, Judge LK docketed: "ORDER as to Samuel Bankman-Fried. The Court will hear further argument on the government's application to revoke defendant's bail or for alternative at 2 p.m. on August 11, 2023. The defendant shall be present. (Signed by Judge LK on 8/4/2023)."

 

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried still slapped with campaign finance charge, prosecutors say

Prosecutors had dropped the charge against Bankman-Fried last month on a technicality.

abcnews.go.com

Looks like prosecutors are still actively pursuing the campaign finance activity.

In a letter to the judge on Tuesday, however, prosecutors said they intend to file a superseding indictment next week that will seek to incorporate Bankman-Fried's alleged campaign finance scheme into seven other existing charges.

 

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Ryan Salame, Former FTX Exec, In Talks For Plea Deal: Bloomberg

Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is reportedly in talks with federal prosecutors about entering a guilty plea to criminal charges.

finance.yahoo.com

Another one bites the dust.

Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is reportedly in talks with federal prosecutors about entering a guilty plea to criminal charges […] related to breaking campaign funding laws.

 

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Judge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been sent to jail after a bail hearing in New York City. Federal Judge Lewis A.

apnews.com

 

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Judge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been sent to jail after a bail hearing in New York City. Federal Judge Lewis A.

apnews.com

YES YES YES!!! I got my wish! I told ya guys he needed to be in jail because he was doing this sort of thing (not exactly this, basically any and everything he should NOT be doing considering the trouble he's in). This is LONG overdue IMO.



FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail Friday to await trial after a bail hearing for the fallen cryptocurrency wiz left a judge convinced that he had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.

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FTX's Bankman-Fried headed for jail over alleged witness tampering

Sam Bankman-Fried is heading to jail after a U.S judge on Friday revoked his bail, finding probable cause that the indicted founder of the bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange tampered with witnesses at least twice.

www.reuters.com

SBF’s parents, both law professors at Stanford University, were present in the courtroom's audience. His mother, BF, nodded to him in tears as he left. His father, JB, placed his hand over his heart as he watched his son be led away.

 

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He has reached the 'Find out' stage of FAFO

 

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Inside the Brooklyn jail where Sam Bankman-Fried will be held

As well as new inmate Bankman-Fried, the prison had previously held high profile individuals including R. Kelly, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Martin Shkreli.

www.dailymail.co.uk