Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial could have been hurt because of his neurodivergence disorders, leading to “longwinded answers” that frustrated the court, says a group of doctors in an amicus brief supporting hisRead More…
One of them, which appears to have been written after FTX filed for bankruptcy, includes a list of options for how Bankman-Fried could address the bankruptcy situation. The options ranged from blamingRead More…
In November, a jury found Bankman-Fried guilty of seven counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering, among other charges. His crimes, which came to light in 2022, resulted in theRead More…
Before you know it, we were representing virtually all of the 38,000 customers pro bono with help from my Northwestern law professor, J. Samuel Tenenbaum, and Barnes and Thornburg lawyers Trace SchmelzRead More…
Bankman-Fried also testified that Celsius, a crypto exchange and lender, also asked for emergency funds, but he shot down the request. (It, too, went bankrupt, in July 2022, as did Voyager thatRead More…
“Friedberg, the chief regulatory officer of FTX International, in combination with Fenwick & West, one of our outside law firms, was – were the ones who drafted the incorporation documents, had incorporatedRead More…
“To obtain likely less than 30 minutes of testimony from overseas FTX customer witnesses, however, requires, for at least some countries, coordinating with local authorities, arranging multi-day travel itineraries to accommodate varyingRead More…
“I think it’s important for people to think I look crazy,” the government quoted Sam as saying. His “crazy” (playing video games during interviews, dressing like a dorm room schlub, sleeping onRead More…
Bankman-Fried can use a laptop that is not connected to the internet while being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. He also has approval to work from an internet-enabled laptopRead More…
“The defendant’s leaking of Ellison’s private writings is yet another instance of the defendant trying to intimidate and corruptly persuade Ellison with respect to her upcoming trial testimony, as well as anRead More…