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USA v. BANKMAN-FRIED
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November 20, 2024
Bankman-Fried Tech Deputy Who Parsed Code Avoids Prison
A Manhattan federal judge allowed tech expert Zixiao "Gary" Wang to avoid jail Wednesday for his role in the $11 billion FTX fraud, crediting his effort to detail programming "back doors" that enabled Sam Bankman-Fried to loot the bankrupt crypto exchange.
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November 13, 2024
FTX Prosecutors Tout Tech Chief's 'Outstanding Cooperation'
Manhattan federal prosecutors urged a lenient sentence for former FTX technology chief Zixiao "Gary" Wang, telling the court on Wednesday that his "outstanding cooperation" was instrumental in securing the lightning-fast indictment and ultimate conviction of founder Sam Bankman-Fried for an $11 billion fraud that sank the crypto exchange.
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November 06, 2024
FTX Exec Looks To Avoid Prison For 'Smallest Share' Of Crime
Former FTX technology chief Zixiao "Gary" Wang on Wednesday asked a Manhattan federal judge not to give him prison time for his part in the $11.2 billion fraud case, calling himself "the one who stands convicted of the smallest share of misconduct" among former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's lieutenants.
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October 30, 2024
FTX Witness Who Saw Bankman-Fried's 'Evil' Avoids Prison
A Manhattan federal judge allowed FTX's former chief engineer to avoid prison Wednesday, crediting his trial testimony against the crypto exchange's founder Sam Bankman-Fried, his ongoing cooperation and his relatively small role in the $11.2 billion fraud.
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October 24, 2024
Feds Want Leniency For Key Witness At Bankman-Fried Trial
Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge for leniency when sentencing a former FTX executive who they said provided "substantial" assistance and testimony in the successful prosecution of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange's founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
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October 23, 2024
Deal With Feds In FTX Bankruptcy Remains Undone
When crypto giant FTX finally won court approval for its hard-fought bankruptcy plan earlier this month, it left one big piece of the puzzle unsolved: a dispute with federal prosecutors over $1 billion seized as part of the prosecution of founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
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October 21, 2024
Giuliani Tries To Nix Dominion Suit, FTX Exec Seeks Leniency
Colorado judges are skeptical of Rudy Giuliani's attempt to throw out a defamation lawsuit from a former Dominion Voting Systems executive amid ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, the former head of engineering at FTX is fighting for leniency from a Manhattan federal judge, and a former bankruptcy judge is challenging a subpoena for banking records in an investigation over a secret relationship. This is the week in bankruptcy.
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October 17, 2024
FTX Insider Cites 'Limited' Fraud Role In Bid To Avoid Prison
The former head of engineering at FTX asked a Manhattan federal judge to spare him prison time in light of his cooperation with prosecutors and what he said was a relatively "limited" role in the crypto exchange's billion-dollar fraud.
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October 11, 2024
Judge Doubts FTX Alum Needs Further Dog Bite Recovery
A Manhattan federal judge has denied a bid from former FTX executive Ryan Salame to further postpone the start of his 7½-year prison sentence, saying he had already benefited from "extremely generous" delays, and agreeing with prosecutors that Salame appeared to have largely recovered from a dog bite that he said he suffered in June.
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October 10, 2024
Feds Slam Ex-FTX Exec's '11th Hour' Prison Delay Bid
Federal prosecutors slammed an "eleventh hour request" from former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame to further delay the start of his prison sentence, telling a New York federal judge that Salame has apparently recovered from the dog attack that postponed his first surrender date and any remaining medical care appears "largely cosmetic and nonurgent."