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USA v. BANKMAN-FRIED
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June 03, 2024
WeWork Plan Approval, Crypto Update, Giuliani Creditor Fight
Office space provider WeWork's plan to wipe out $4 billion in debt and end its Chapter 11 case was approved, defunct crypto lending platform Genesis Global Holdco LLC expects to exit bankruptcy in July and the official committee of unsecured creditors in Rudy Giuliani's Chapter 11 has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to hand control of the Republican firebrand's estate to a trustee.
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May 28, 2024
FTX Exec Who Acted As Bankman-Fried 'Tool' Gets 7½ Years
A Manhattan federal judge hit cryptocurrency finance expert and former FTX executive Ryan Salame with a 7½-year sentence Tuesday for duping a bank to authorize $1.5 billion of illegal transfers and making fraudulent campaign contributions for the exchange's convicted founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.
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May 22, 2024
Ex-FTX Exec Deserves Up To 7 Years For Fraud, Feds Say
Federal prosecutors have told a New York federal judge they are seeking a five- to seven-year prison sentence for former FTX executive Ryan Salame, arguing that his campaign finance offense "is one of the largest-ever in American history."
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May 15, 2024
Ex-FTX Exec Seeks Leniency, Saying He Was Kept In The Dark
A former top FTX official has asked a Manhattan federal judge for a lenient 18-month sentence, saying he was not part of company co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried's inner circle and was as shocked as everyone else to learn that the crypto exchange was operating a fraud that siphoned billions in customer funds.
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May 02, 2024
Ex-FTX Boss Ryan Salame To Give Up $5.9M Bahamas House
Ryan Salame, the former co-chief executive of FTX Digital Markets, an affiliate of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd., has agreed to transfer a $5.9 million house he owns in the Bahamas to FTX in lieu of paying the firm restitution over fraudulent political donations, according to a Wednesday motion.
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March 29, 2024
A History Of Sam Bankman-Fried's Downfall
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fall from billionaire crypto prodigy to convicted fraudster took less than a year. But in that time, shocking details surfaced about his brazen bets and general indifference to the law. Here's a timeline of events leading up to Bankman-Fried's sentencing and FTX's bankruptcy plan.
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March 29, 2024
Up Next After Bankman-Fried Sentencing: FTX Cooperators
Now that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for an $11 billion fraud on the collapsed crypto exchange, it's time for the three top lieutenants who testified against him at trial to face their own judgments — and experts say the cooperators are well positioned to avoid jail time.
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March 28, 2024
Bankman-Fried Gets 25 Years For 'Very Bad Bet' Of FTX Fraud
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for stealing more than $11 billion from customers, investors and lenders of his now-collapsed cryptocurrency empire, with a Manhattan federal judge saying the infamous risk-taker "made a very bad bet about the likelihood of getting caught."
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March 25, 2024
FTX Clawbacks Unlikely To Help Bankman-Fried At Sentencing
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried probably won't find much success in arguing for a shorter prison term based on the billions of dollars recovered by the shuttered crypto exchange's bankruptcy estate, experts told Law360 ahead of this week's much-anticipated sentencing hearing.
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March 22, 2024
Feds Reach Deal To Seize, Sell FTX Executive Jets
Federal prosecutors Friday told a New York federal judge they have reached a deal to seize and sell private jets intended to take convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried and top executives of his bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX to and from the company's Bahamian headquarters.