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LIVE: Sam Bankman-Fried Takes the Stand for a Third Day in FTX Fraud Trial
30.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried will continue his defense Monday against allegations he committed fraud and conspired to commit other forms of fraud in operating FTX and Alameda Research
Sam Bankman-Fried Implied His Friends Lied About His Role in FTX's Collapse
30.10.2023
Sam didn't do it. He didn't defraud anyone, he didn't steal customer funds – he just built a company which "turned out basically the opposite" of the product he envisioned when he founded FTX: "A lot of people got hurt – customers, employees – and the company ended up in bankruptcy." At least...
Sam Bankman-Fried Rebuffed Barry Silbert's and Celsius' Requests for Help, Ex-FTX CEO Testifies at His Trial
27.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Started Buying Solana's SOL at 20 Cents Using 'Alameda Profits,' He Says at His Trial
27.10.2023
"I believed the funds came from Alameda’s operating profits" as well as third-party lenders, he testified Friday at his fraud and conspiracy trial
LIVE: Sam Bankman-Fried: I Made 'Mistakes,' and 'a Lot of People Got Hurt'
27.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried is set to take the stand in his criminal fraud trial, where he'll share his story about the fall of FTX before a jury
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
27.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried began his testimony like the brilliant former golden boy from crypto’s better days. He ended the longest, strangest, most torturous day yet of his criminal trial more imperiled than ever before
LIVE: Sam Bankman-Fried Prepares to Testify Today in FTX Fraud Trial
26.10.2023
Prosecutors intend to rest their case on Thursday, at which point SBF's defense lawyers will begin calling witnesses -- including Sam Bankman-Fried himself, possibly as soon as later in the day
What's Left for Sam to Say?
26.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried has said a lot in the months after FTX collapsed about what happened. What's left for him to discuss?
Sam Bankman-Fried May Testify to Role of Lawyers, 'Good Faith' Efforts, Filing Says
26.10.2023
In a series of filings throughout Thursday, the Department of Justice and Sam Bankman-Fried's defense crossed swords on issues ranging from charts the defendant wants to use in his testimony to an ongoing question of whether the defense can rely on a presence of counsel argument
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Desperate Last Stand
25.10.2023
If his trial were going better, the fallen crypto king wouldn’t be testifying in his own defense
Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense Wants to Highlight 'Inconsistent Statements' by FTX Insiders Gary Wang, Nishad Singh
25.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to let them introduce proof of inconsistent statements from former FTX executives Gary Wang and Nishad Singh, tied to their statements to federal officials prior to testifying on the stand
Sam Bankman-Fried Will Take the Stand in His Own Defense
25.10.2023
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will directly appeal to jurors in his bid to prove he did not commit, or conspire to commit, fraud before his crypto juggernaut's spectacular collapse
Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense May Depend on Character and Fact Witnesses
25.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried's defense presentation won't kick off until later this week, but it's already clear his defense may hinge on one key witness: himself. That's according to Kevin O’Brien, a partner at Ford O'Brien LLP and a former assistant U.S. attorney who specializes in white collar criminal...
Sam Bankman-Fried Defense Has 6 Witnesses to Open With: DOJ
25.10.2023
The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: One Expert Witness
24.10.2023
The defense team has revealed its sole proposed expert witness, who’ll try to point out flaws in the DOJ’s presentations
Sam Bankman-Fried seeks expert to counter testimony from DOJ witnesses
24.10.2023
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried intends to call on a financial expert to rebuff testimonies from Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, Nishad Singh and Adam Yedidia
Sam Bankman-Fried Proposes Financial Expert as Witness to Rebut DOJ Testimony
24.10.2023
The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: It’s the Courthouse Life for Us
23.10.2023
To get a courtroom seat, you gotta show up early: at least 7:30 a.m. The overflow room is more relaxed, but there’s no Sam, just his televised image
The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Our Favorite Quotes, So Far
20.10.2023
It's fall break! Thursday ended early after just two witnesses – former FTX General Counsel Can Sun and Third Point's Robert Boroujerdi – testified briefly. We won't be back in the courthouse at 500 Pearl Street until next Thursday, Oct. 26, when we'll resume our normal analyses. Instead, today...
Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers, DOJ Propose Final Sets of Jury Instructions
20.10.2023
The U.S. Department of Justice and Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team filed their proposed jury instructions after the witness testimony wraps up in the coming weeks