Tag Archives: Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison took the stand on Tuesday to testify to the alleged crypto fraud led by her and her ex-boyfriend, Sam Bankman-Fried. Ellison claimed that Alameda took over $10 billion FTX customer to pay off its loans, all at Bankman-Fried’s order. Caroline Ellison Speaks As summarized by Inner City Press on Tuesday, Ellison confessed immediately that she committed fraud alongside Bankman-Fried and others. “He directed me to commit these crimes,”...

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is making a bold move in his ongoing legal battle. Bankman-Fried is seeking to shed light on the involvement of lawyers in what prosecutors have termed a “$200 million sham” involving Alameda Research, the hedge fund arm of FTX. Wang’s Testimony Sheds Light on Legal Structure of Alameda Loans Attorneys representing Sam Bankman-Fried are requesting permission to question FTX co-founder Gary Wang regarding the legal...

Charles Hoskinson, the founder of the Cardano blockchain, has slammed the mainstream media and everyone who is trying to paint the wrongdoings of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the indicted founder and former CEO of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, as mistakes, thereby making him look like a good man. In a recent post on X, Hoskinson said it seemed “extraordinary” to him that SBF, who he tagged the “Bernie Madoff of my generation,” was getting a free pass from the media...

The prosecution and defense teams in the criminal trial against Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the indicted founder and former CEO of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, seem to be hinged on the testimony of Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of FTX’s sister trading firm Alameda Research. According to a Bloomberg report, both parties are seeking to prepare the jury for Ellison’s testimony, as she is considered one of the few people who know the truth about SBF due to her...

Amid the ongoing trial of FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, a report has surfaced stating that some of the company’s employees based in the United States found a hidden backdoor allegedly used by Alameda Research to siphon billions worth of customer funds from FTX, six months before the crypto exchange’s eventful fall. The firm’s top management fired the leader of the FTX team, who discovered the secret backdoor for Alameda. FTX Employees Alerted Exec About...

With jury selection finished, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF)’s trial is officially underway, with prosecutors and defense lawyers delivering their opening statements on Wednesday. During his remarks, SBF’s lawyer Mark Cohen asserted that the former exchange tycoon “didn’t defraud anyone,” instead pointing the finger at Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) for causing a “run on the bank at FTX.” SBF Was “Just A Math Nerd” As summarized by Inner City Press on Wednesday,...

According to Michael Lewis’ book “Going Infinite,” Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao turned down an offer in March 2019 from former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to invest $40 million in creating a cryptocurrency futures exchange. Binance, originally a spot crypto exchange, decided to develop a futures exchange internally instead of accepting an offer from Bankman-Fried. In response, SBF established FTX in May 2019. However, FTX faced financial difficulties and filed for bankruptcy...

A United States judge has approved the Justice Department’s (DOJ) motion to bar all witnesses proposed by Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, from testifying at his upcoming trial. According to an order filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Lewis Kaplan excluded the testimonies of SBF’s proposed witnesses but denied the disgraced CEO’s motion to bar the DOJ’s witness. SBF’s...

Incoming reports indicate that Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team is readying their arguments for a pretrial release hearing before the U.S. appeals court on Tuesday as the billionaire founder of the defunct exchange FTX prepares for his trial on Oct. 3. Bankman-Fried’s initial plea was overruled last month as the prosecutors argued that the defendant had been tarnishing the credibility of a state witness, Caroline Ellison, a former executive at Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried’s...

With less than a month left before Sam Bankman-Fried’s court case is due to begin, DOJ officials have been rushing to put the final touches to their arguments. Since the outcome will be decided by a jury, the DOJ has spent a while formulating questions for members of the jury to ensure that they are as free of bias as possible. Prior Interactions With FTX, Startups, and Fraud Cases Are of Interest According to the document containing the final list of questions for the jury,...