USA v. BANKMAN-FRIED
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1:22-cr-00673
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March 15, 2024
Feds Say Bankman-Fried Deserves 40 To 50 Years In Prison
Sam Bankman-Fried should spend 40 to 50 years in prison for engaging in a massive fraud that sank his FTX crypto exchange, Manhattan federal prosecutors argued Friday, pushing back against a request by defense counsel for a sentence of roughly six years.
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March 14, 2024
Bankman-Fried Taps New Firm For SEC, CFTC Defense
Convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has swapped his Cohen & Gresser LLP counsel for attorneys at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoades LLP in his stayed civil cases.
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February 28, 2024
Bankman-Fried Urges No More Than 6.5 Years For FTX Fraud
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried asked a Manhattan federal judge late Tuesday for a sentence that releases him "promptly" after his conviction for stealing billions from customers of the now-collapsed crypto exchange, arguing that federal sentencing guidelines recommend no more than six-and-a-half years in prison.
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February 21, 2024
Bankman-Fried Gets New Attys After Waiving Crypto Conflict
A Manhattan federal judge signed off Wednesday on Sam Bankman-Fried's choice of new counsel ahead of his fraud sentencing, despite the fact that the convicted FTX founder's new team represents an indicted ex-crypto CEO whose interests may conflict with his own.
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February 06, 2024
Feds Say Mukasey Repping SBF, Mashinsky Possible Conflict
Prosecutors alerted a New York federal judge Tuesday about a possible conflict stemming from Sam Bankman-Fried's recent hiring of Marc Mukasey, who also represents Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky in his criminal proceedings, noting Celsius lent money to Alameda Research, which repaid some of the loans using FTX's customer funds.
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January 09, 2024
SBF Brings Aboard Marc Mukasey Ahead Of Likely Appeal
Sam Bankman-Fried has retained prominent white collar lawyer Marc Mukasey as the disgraced founder of FTX prepares for his upcoming sentencing as well as a likely appeal, according to a filing in New York federal court Tuesday.
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January 02, 2024
Feds Plan To Drop 2nd Trial Against Bankman-Fried
Federal prosecutors have asked a Manhattan federal judge to consider evidence related to additional charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried as part of his March sentencing rather than litigate them at a second trial.
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January 01, 2024
New York Cases To Watch In 2024
The coming year's big cases developing in New York courts involve the protracted legal woes of Donald Trump, bribery allegations against Sen. Bob Menendez and a high-stakes fight over whether artificial intelligence has been purposefully deployed to engage in flagrant copyright theft.
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January 01, 2024
Crypto White Collar Cases To Watch In 2024
The coming year will see the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission battle with crypto exchanges over how securities laws apply to digital assets, while federal prosecutors will be focused on holding crypto firms and executives responsible for vast compliance failures that happened under their watch.
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December 20, 2023
Judge Quickly Rejects SBF's Bid To Delay Sentencing Hearing
A New York federal judge on Wednesday quickly rejected Sam Bankman-Fried's request for a six-week sentencing adjournment, posting his denial order before the motion was officially docketed, saying that the defense has already been granted one extension and has had plenty of time to prepare for the upcoming scheduled dates.